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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777898203321

Titolo

The health of the people [[electronic resource] ] : the African regional health report

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, : World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, c2006

ISBN

1-280-71453-0

9786610714537

92-9023-104-1

1-4294-2322-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Disciplina

362.1096

Soggetti

Public health - Africa

Health planning - Africa

Medical care - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.