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The world health report 2002 - Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life

The 2002 report describes the amount of disease, disability and death in the world today that can be attributed to a selected number of the most important risks to human health. It also shows how much this burden could lowered in the next 20 years if the same risk factors were reduced.

- World health report 2002 press kit
- Message from the Director-General
- Overview
- Chapter 1: Protecting the People
- Chapter 2: Defining and Assessing Risks to Health
- Chapter 3: Perceiving Risks
- Chapter 4: Quantifying Selected Major Risks to Health
- Chapter 5: Some Strategies to Reduce Risk
- Chapter 6: Strengthening Risk Prevention Policies
- Chapter 7: Preventing Risks and Taking Action
- Statistical annex

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FULL REPORT

- Full report [pdf 2.14Mb]

OVERVIEW

- Overview in Arabic [pdf 1.78Mb]
- Overview in Russian [pdf 1.96Mb]
- Overview in Chinese [pdf 5.34Mb]

REPORT BY CHAPTERS

- Director General's Message & Overview [pdf 264kb]
- Chapter 1: Protecting the People [pdf 198kb]
- Chapter 2: Defining and Assessing Risks to Health [pdf 354kb]
- Chapter 3: Perceiving Risks [pdf 277kb]
- Chapter 4: Quantifying Selected Major Risks to Health [pdf 955kb]
- Chapter 5: Some Strategies to Reduce Risk [pdf 412kb]
- Chapter 6: Strengthening Risk Prevention Policies [pdf 260kb]
- Chapter 7: Preventing Risks and Taking Action [pdf 215kb]
- Statistical annex [pdf 917kb]

THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT 2002

Available in English, French and Spanish

World health report 2002 Press kit
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Statistical annex
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