Deeper understanding of the role of human health as a critical component of economic
development has stimulated interest in improving the efficiency with which the modest health …

A girl born in Chile in 1910 could expect to live only to age 33. Since then, her life
expectancy has more than doubled to its current level of 78 years. What has this increase …

Donor commitments to health have increased more than fourfold since the Millennium
Declaration was signed in September 2000, reaching more than US $20 billion in 2008. 1 …

Background Millions of dollars are invested annually under the umbrella of national health
systems strengthening. Global health initiatives provide funding for low-and middle-income …

This sixth edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health
status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care …

World Bank Technical Paper No. 333. Draws on the methodology of QUOTEWorld
Development Report 1993: Investing in HealthQUOTE to analyze the burden of disease and …

The spectrum of tasks for health promotion has widened since the Ottawa Charter was
signed. In 1986, infectious diseases still seemed in retreat, the potential extent of HIV/AIDS …

Many intrinsically related determinants of health and disease exist, including social and
economic status, education, employment, housing, and physical and environmental …

Agenda item 8.6 for the Seventieth Session of the Regional Committee has two sub-items:(‎ i)‎
Strengthening primary health care and health workforce, and (‎ ii)‎ Annual progress …

“Scaling up” effective health services is high on the policy agendas of many countries and
international agencies. The current concern has been driven by growing recognition both of …