<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>><br>crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<h1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">World Health Statistics 2008<br><br></span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">World health Organization WHO</span></font></h1>

<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">World Health Statistics 2008 presents the most recent health statistics for WHO's 193 Member States. This fourth edition includes 10 highlights in health statistics, as well as an expanded set of over 70 key health indicators. It includes, for the first time, trend data where the statistics are available and of acceptable quality</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. </span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Full report PDF [112p.] at: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Full.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Full.pdf</span></font></a> </span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"…The data on inequalities in health care coverage and health outcome are primarily derived from analyses of household surveys and are available only </span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">for a limited number of countries. It is anticipated that the number of countries reporting disaggregated data will increase during the next few years. Nevertheless, even in their current limited form, the data will be useful for the global public health community.</span></font></p>

<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In estimating country indicators based on different data sources, regional offices and technical programmes apply peer-reviewed methods and consult with experts around the world. To maximize the accessibility, accuracy, comparability and transparency of health statistics, the technical programmes and regional offices also work closely with Member States through an interactive process of data collection, compilation, quality assessment and estimation…"</span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WHO's Statistical Information System: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/statistics" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.who.int/statistics</span></font></a> </span></font></p>

<h3 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">DOWNLOAD THE REPORT AND ASSOCIATED TABLES, BY SECTION</span></font></b></h3>

<h3 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Part 1 - Ten highlights in health statistics</span></font></b></h3>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_TOCintro.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Table of contents and introduction [pdf 153kb]</span></font></a> <br>
<br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Part1.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Ten highlights in health statistics [pdf 3.71Mb]</span></font></a> </span></font></p>

<h3 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Part 2 - Global health indicators (tables)</span></font></b></h3>
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<br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Table2_HSC.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Health service coverage [pdf 259kb]</span></font></a> <br>
<br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Table3_RiskFactors.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Risk factors [pdf 261kb]</span></font></a> <br>
<br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Table4_HSR.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Health systems resources [pdf 315kb]</span></font></a> <br>
<br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Table5_Inequities.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Inequitites in health care and health outcome [pdf 143kb]</span></font></a> <br>
<br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Table6_Demography.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Demographic and socioeconomic statistics [pdf 217kb]</span></font></a> <br>
<br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Footnotes.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Footnotes and explanatory notes [pdf 157kb]</span></font></a></span></font></p>

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