| Main Title |
The world health report 1998 : life in the 21st century, a vision for all / |
| CORP Author |
World Health Organization. |
| Publisher |
World Health Organization, |
| Year Published |
1998 |
| OCLC Number |
39274249 |
| ISBN |
9241561890; 9789241561891 |
| Subjects |
World health ;
Public health--History ;
World Health Organization ;
Health Status ;
Public Health--trends ;
Saude publica ;
Saude publica (historia) ;
Public Health--trends--Statistics ;
World Health--Statistics
|
| Additional Subjects |
World Health Organization
|
| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBM |
RA8.A5W6 1998 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
02/15/2010 |
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| Collation |
vi, 241 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| Contents Notes |
Relates the history of WHO from 1948 to 1998; summarizes trends in mortality and disease since 1955; characterizes health problems faced by various age groups over the past fifty years; discusses the main global trends affecting health; reports on the changes in health systems and health care since the launching of the Health for All strategy at the Alma-Alta Conference in 1978; summarizes health trends since 1948 for each of the six WHO regions; gives examples of global partnerships for health; and considers the health agenda for the twenty-first century. Leading and responding -- Measuring health -- Health across the life span -- Changing world -- Achieving health for all -- WHO worldwide -- Global partnerships for health -- Health agenda for the 21st century. |
