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The health of the people : the African regional health report.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public health--Africa.
- Public health.
- Health planning--Africa.
- Health planning.
- Medical care--Africa.
- Medical care.
- Public health--Africa--Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Brazzaville, Republic of Congo : World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Health of the People: the African Regional Health Report is the first report to focus on the health of the 738 million people living in the African Region of the World Health Organization. This fully-illustrated 196-page report provides expert analysis of all the key areas of public health in Africa. It also contains the most comprehensive annex of health statistics on the region to date.
- Contents:
- Contents; Message from the RD; Foreword - Chairperson of the African Union Commission; Executive summary; Introduction; Chapter 1: Health and development in Africa; Fig 1.1; Fig 1.2; Box 1.1; Fig 1.3; Table 1.1; Box 1.2; Chapter 2: Maternal, newborn and child health; Fig 2.1; Box 2.1; Fig 2.2; Box 2.2; Fig 2.3; Fig 2.4; Fig 2.5; Fig 2.6; Box 2.3; Box 2.4; Fig 2.7; Box 2.5; Box 2.6; Chapter 3: Infectious diseases in Africa; Chapter 4: Noncommunicable diseases in Africa; Chapter 5: Health and the environment in Africa; Chapter 6: National health systems -Africa's big public health challenge
- Statistical annexGlossary; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-71453-0
- 9786610714537
- 92-9023-104-1
- 1-4294-2322-6
- OCLC:
- 476034809
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