PHM-Exch> WHO Report: Global health risks

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 *Global health risks

* *World Health Organization, October 2009

* *Available online as PDF file [70p.] at:
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalHealthRisks_report_full.pdf

*

*A response to the need for comprehensive, consistent and comparable
information on health risks at global and regional level.** *
*Global health risks* is a comprehensive assessment of leading risks to
global health. It provides detailed global and regional estimates of
premature mortality, disability and loss of health attributable to 24 global
risk factors.

“……A description of diseases and injuries and the risk factors that cause
them is vital for health decision-making and planning. Data on the health of
popu­lations and the risks they face are often fragmen­tary and sometimes
inconsistent. A comprehensive framework is needed to pull together
information and facilitate comparisons of the relative importance of health
risks across different populations globally.


Most scientific and health resources go towards treatment. However,
understanding the risks to health is key to preventing disease and injuries.
A particular disease or injury is often caused by more than one risk factor,
which means that multiple interventions are available to target each of
these risks. For example, the infectious agent *Mycobacte­rium tuberculosis
*is the direct cause of tuberculosis; however, crowded housing and poor
nutrition also increase the risk, which presents multiple paths for
preventing the disease. In turn, most risk factors are associated with more
than one disease, and targeting those factors can reduce multiple causes of
disease. For example, reducing smoking will result in fewer deaths and less
disease from lung cancer, heart dis­ease, stroke, chronic respiratory
disease and other conditions. By quantifying the impact of risk factors on
diseases, evidence-based choices can be made about the most effective
interventions to improve global health….”
*This document – the Global health risks report – provides an update for the
year 2004 of the compara­tive risk assessment (CRA) for 24 global risk
factors*

Key figures and graphs [ppt
1.17Mb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/global_health_risks_report_figures.ppt>
*The Report in Sections* *Website: *
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/global_health_risks/en/index.html

*::* Front cover, table of contents and summary [pdf
930kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalHealthRisks_report_Front.pdf>
*::* Part 1: Introduction [pdf
994kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalHealthRisks_report_part1.pdf>
*::* Part 2: Results [pdf
1.57Mb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalHealthRisks_report_part2.pdf>
*::* Part 3: Joint effects of risk factors [pdf
443kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalHealthRisks_report_part3.pdf>
*::* Annex A: Data and methods [pdf
841kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalHealthRisks_report_annex.pdf>
*::* References [pdf
148kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalHealthRisks_report_references.pdf>
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