... the presentation ofthe material in this publication not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part oftheWorldHealth Organization concerning the legal status of any country, ... burden In the midst of conflict, Iraqis have not swept their country’s pressing health needs under the carpet Instead, they have confronted their increasing burdens of cancer and other noncommunicable ... However, the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied The responsibility for the interpretation and use ofthe material lies with the reader...
... the presentation ofthe material in this publication not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part oftheWorldHealth Organization concerning the legal status of any country, ... better in the future Thus, this WorldHealth Report revisits the ambitious vision of primary health care as a set of values and principles for guiding the development ofhealth systems The Report ... over theworld are becoming more vocal about health as an integral part of how they and their families go about their everyday lives, and about the way their society deals with health and health...
... generated by improving thehealthof mothers and children, but the negative externalities of ill -health are clear Thehealthof mothers is a major determinant of that of their children, and thus ... for the way theworld responds to the very uneven progress in different countries THE EARLY YEARS OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTHThe creation of public health programmes to improve thehealthof ... decade, however, is the global focus ofthe MDGs and their insistence on tracking progress in every part oftheworld Moreover, the nature ofthe priority status of maternal and child health (MCH) has...
... with or ofthe 10 leading causes of ill -health under the age of years, and to ofthe 10 main causes between the ages of and 14 years All of these are either communicable diseases or forms of malnutrition ... difference to the quality and value, as well as the length ofthe lives ofthe billions of people they serve HOW HEALTH SYSTEMS HAVE EVOLVED This report’s review ofthe evolution of modern health systems, ... Yet 84% oftheworld s population live in these countries, and they bear 93% oftheworld s disease burden These countries face many difficult challenges in meeting thehealth needs of their populations,...
... For the first time since this monitoring task began, the data indicate a decline in both the poverty rate and the number of poor in all six regions ofthe developing world Between ... in 1981 The developing world as a whole has already attained the first Millennium Development Goal of halving the 1990 incidence of extreme poverty by 2015 Using the $1.25 a day line, the developing ... (less China) 30 20 10 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Other poverty lines show similar trends 14% ofthe population ofthe developing world lived below $1 a day in 2008—801 million people—down...
... from the other side ofthe Atlantic In the 1830s Chile was in the grip of Rossini fever In Japan, where the government had been encouraging the spread of European music since the 1870s, the first ... 1831, marked the beginning ofthe history of Ottoman-Turkish demography In the case of Egypt, then nominally a province ofthe Empire, the census of 1848 is considered reasonably reliable The pioneer ... another door, and then another Each time a new or slightly different landscape will be under examination. But history gathers them all together; it is the sum total of all these neighbors, of these...
... measures have the same meaning throughout the range of measurement and the relative locations of any two items (or persons) are independent ofthe locations of other items or persons Furthermore, ... of responses to other items These aspects are reflected in the fit of data to the model [22,35], which can be assessed for each item by dividing the sample into class intervals according to their ... on the same metric The two sets of person locations were then plotted and correlated with each other to assess the influence of DIF on people's estimated distress levels Second, we tested whether...
... represent the program to local staff ofthe MOH and other government officers within their supervision area The total number of staff, therefore, varies with the coverage ofthe project, but the ideal ... shopkeepers Together, their practices often surpass the formal health system in terms of patient volume because they may be the most accessible sources of care at the community level These workers ... comprised of all the social, economic and environmental factors that facilitate or hinder the full healthof children The adoption of key family practices does not assure thehealthof children...
... that one ofthe reasons for the poor health Mother’s education, according to theof Indian women is the discriminatory treatment girls and women NFHS, is highly correlated with the level of malnutrition ... importance ofhealth care for ensuring healthy pregnancies and safe Women oftheWorld childbirths Another reason for the low levels of prenatal care is lack of adequate health care centers It is currently ... support themselves, and are unlikely to be able to turn to their parents if they leave their husbands because their parents either will not (because ofthe social stigma) or cannot (because of economics)...
... discussion Further reading The organization ofmentalhealth work Chapter overview The sociology ofthe hospital The rise ofthe asylum The crisis ofthe asylum Responses to the crisis The ‘pharmacological ... x A sociology ofmentalhealth and illnessThementalhealth professions Chapter overview Theoretical frameworks in the sociology ofthe professions The neo-Durkheimian framework The neo-Weberian ... post-structuralism The neo-Weberian approach Symbolic interactionism The influence ofthe sociology of deviance The influence ofthe sociology of knowledge The influence of feminist sociology The impact of legislative...
... from the past three decades and renewed their commitment to the principles of primary health care as a way of strengthening health systems TheWorldHealth Organization launched theWorldHealth ... rights The second chapter ofThe State oftheWorld s Children 2009 explores the fundamentals ofthe supportive environment and the ways in which it strengthens efforts to enhance primary health ... future editions ofThe State oftheWorld s Children Underweight children under five, 2007 Rest ofthe world: 10 million (7%) Primary-school-age children out of school, 2007 Rest ofthe world: 12 million...