The World Health report 2003 : shaping the future / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World health--Statistics.

World health.

World Health Organization.

Physical Description:

204 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Shaping the future

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The World Health Report 2003: Shaping the Future: A Vision for Global Health predicts that major global health improvements will be achieved in the next few years. Dr Jong-Wook Lee, Director-General of WHO, describes WHO's ambition ''to help all people, but especially the poorest among them, to shape a better future''. The report advocates a new drive for equitable health improvement as a vital part of global efforts for justice and security. Drawing on lessons of the past, in particular the Health for All movement that was launched 25 years ago, this year's report focuses on the major health gains that are possible in the coming years and shows how WHO and the global health community can achieve these objectives. Against a backdrop of the ambitious targets of the Millennium Development Goals, The World Health Report 2003 presents a comprehensive vision encompassing an analysis of today's major health challenges and an action programme for global health improvement. The section on infections singles out for special attention HIV/AIDS, poliomyelitis - whose elimination is within reach - and new infections including SARS. Another important section deals with the health of women and children. The focus of the noncommunicable diseases section is on road traffic injuries and the continuing work on tobacco control. In order to achieve the health improvements that are within their grasp, countries need well-functioning health systems. The report shows how systems can be strengthened, combining both primary care facilities and higher-level services linked by an efficient and integrated referral network. In this, as in all its work, WHO renews its commitment to working with countries in responding to national and local health challenges.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Tables

Figues

Boxes

Message from the Director-General

Overview

Stronger health systems: the minimum requirements

Core values for a global health partnership

Chapter summaries

Chapter 1 Global Health: today's challenges

The global picture

Life expectancy improves - but not for all

Global mortality patterns

Surviving the first five years of life

Child mortality: global contrasts

Child mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences

Child survival: improvements for some

Causes of death in children

Adult health at risk: slowing gains and widening gaps

Global patterns of premature mortality risk

Adult mortality trends: 15-59 years of age

Adult mortality: widening gaps

HIV/AIDS: the leading health threat

Mortality and disease among older adults

The growing burden of noncommunicable diseases

Injuries - a hidden epidemic among young men

Non-fatal health outcomes

Chapter 2 Millennium Health Goals: paths to the future

International commitments at the Millennium Summit

A compact to end poverty

New concepts of poverty and development

The interaction of health and development

Progress and prospects

The other side of the compact: Goal 8

Trade

Development assistance

Debt

The Millennium Development Goals in practice

Who owns the MDGs?

How flexible is the approach?

How pro-equity are the MDGs?

Measuring progress

Reproductive health

Health systems strengthening

The MDGs and WHO

Defining the place of the MDGs in WHO

Working with others

Accelerating progress

Chapter 3 HIV/AIDS: confronting a killer

The HIV/AIDS epidemic: a brief overview

A new disease emerges

The current situation

The true toll of HIV/AIDS

Responding to HIV/AIDS: lessons from the past 20 years.

Integrating HIV prevention and care

Integrated prevention and care: success stories

Setting a new agenda

A human rights approach

Dimensions of good HIV/AIDS control

WHO's work in the HIV/AIDS fight

Investing in good HIV prevention and care

An emergency response to a global emergency

Chapter 4 Polio Eradication: the final challenge

A new kind of partnership

Effectively engaging political leaders

Finding the funds

Finding the people

Prospects for a polio-free future

Scaling up the delivery of health services

Chapter 5 SARS: lessons from a new disease

The first cases

Origins and international spread

Detection and response

The impact of SARS

Lessons learnt

Chapter 6 Neglected Global Epidemics: three growing threats

Cardiovascular disease: the need to act

The causes are known

Policies are available

Acting now and measuring progress

Tobacco control: strengthening national efforts

Guiding tobacco control

National policies and programmes

Building national capacity

Integrating tobacco control into health systems

Road traffic hazards: hidden epidemics

Sharing responsibility for safety

Mobilizing action

Injury prevention, safety and treatment

Integrating road safety with broader policies

Chapter 7 Health Systems: principled integrated care

The core principles of primary health care

Enduring principles in a changing environment

Principles in a systems perspective

The global health workforce crisis

Size, composition and distribution of the health workforce

Workforce training

Migration of health workers

Paying more and paying differently

Improving quality: workers and systems

Responding to the workforce crisis

Health information: better but not good enough

The evolution of health information.

An information system driven by primary health care

Improving information systems

The Health Metrics Network

Financing health systems

Developing sustainable financing

Unblocking system bottlenecks

Pro-equity health systems: government's central role

Patterns of inequitable access to care

The goal: universal access

Government stewardship, community involvement

Building systems based on principles: WHO cooperation with countries

Statistical Annex

Explanatory notes

Annex Table 1 Basic indicators for all Member States

Annex Table 2 Deaths by cause, sex and mortality stratum in WHO regions, estimates for 2002

Annex Table 3 Burden of disease in DALYs by cause, sex and mor tality stratum in WHO regions, estimates for 2002

Annex Table 4 Healthy life expectancy (HALE) in all Member States, estimates for 2002

Annex Table 5 Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of expenditure on health, 1997-2001

Annex Table 6 Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of per capita expenditure on health, 1997-2001

List of Member States by WHO region and mortality stratum

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

X

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-06035-2

9786610060351

0-585-49247-6

92-4-068172-8

OCLC:

437176292