<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br>crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">World Health
Organization - Global Health Observatory (GHO) <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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</span></font></b><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">World Health Statistics 2012<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">WHO’s annual compilation of
health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the
progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) and associated targets.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">This year, it also includes
highlight summaries on the topics of noncommunicable diseases, universal health
coverage and civil registration coverage.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Progress on the health-related
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Fact sheet N°290 - <a href="http://bit.ly/J8jdcF" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/J8jdcF</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">SUMMARY BROCHURE<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">English at: <a href="http://bit.ly/JdQSSB" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/JdQSSB</span></font></a>
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French at: <a href="http://bit.ly/Ktjvep" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/Ktjvep</span></font></a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Spanish at: <a href="http://bit.ly/JJtsBx" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/JJtsBx</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">FULL REPORT<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">English PDF [180p.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/JTfwGN" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/JTfwGN</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">French PDF [180p.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/JvUPmf" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/JvUPmf</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Spanish PDF [180p.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/KfFyzw" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/KfFyzw</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Table of contents<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><u></u><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Part</span></font><u></u><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u>I.<u></u></span></font><u></u><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Health-related Millennium
Development Goals<br>
Summary of status and trends <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Regional and country charts<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Part II. Highlighted topics<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Noncommunicable diseases: a major
health challenge of the 21st century <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Health expenditures and universal
coverage <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Civil registration and vital
statistics systems<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Part III. Global health indicators<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">1. Life expectancy and mortality<br>
2. Cause-specific mortality and morbidity<br>
3. Selected infectious diseases<br>
4. Health service coverage<br>
5. Risk factors<br>
6. Health workforce, infrastructure and essential medicines<br>
7. Health expenditure<br>
8. Health inequities<br>
9. Demographic and socioeconomic statistics<br>
10. Health information systems and data availability<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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