The World Health Report, 1998 Life in the 21st century A vision for all
World Health Organization
WHO Technical Report Series 1998(876): I-VI, 1-85
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0512-3054 Document Number: 522359
This book is a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) concerning the health and life expectancies of people worldwide. This book offers an optimistic view of the future thanks to unprecedented advances in health during the 20th century, yet cautions that two-fifths of all deaths in the world during 1998 can be considered premature. This book identifies the major trends in life expectancies, fertility rates and demographics and extrapolates the information to forecast the future up until the year 2025. The eight chapters in this book examine the origins of WHO, summarize the main trends in mortality since 1955, look at the health problems encountered and progress made for all age groups in the past 50 years, discuss the global trends that affect health, report on the evolution of health care systems, summarize health trends worldwide, provide examples of global partnerships for health, and show the way to enhance the unfinished health agenda for the 21st century. This book also includes an annex containing a list of members and associate members of WHO, and an annex providing statistics on population, demography, global health concerns and diseases, education, economies, and health care environments worldwide. This book provides interesting and useful information for anyone interested in improving the health and life expectancy of the human population worldwide.