HEALTH GAP BETWEEN COUNTRIES IS NARROWING, BUT THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION REMOVES TERM "TARGET" IN HEALTH AND SUCH POINT INTO FURTHER CHALLENGES REMAIN – UN REPORT

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HEALTH GAP BETWEEN COUNTRIES IS NARROWING, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN – UN
REPORTNew York, May 15 2013 1:00PMThe health gap between poor and
rich countries has narrowed significantly over the past two decades
according to a United Nations report released today, which stresses
that in spite of this progress, challenges still remain to achieve the
health targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

"Intensive efforts to achieve the MDGs have clearly improved health
for people all over the world,"
<"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2013/world_health_statistics_20130515/en/index.html">said
the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret
Chan, but with less than 1000 days to go to reach the deadline for
achieving the Goals, "it is timely to ask if these efforts have made a
difference in reducing the unacceptable inequities between the richest
and poorest countries."

Agreed by world leaders at a UN summit in 2000, the eight MDGs set
specific targets on poverty alleviation, education, gender equality,
child and maternal health, environmental stability, HIV/AIDS
reduction, and the creation of a Global Partnership for Development –
all by a deadline of 2015.

WHO's <i><"http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/EN_WHS2013_Full.pdf">World
Health Statistics 2013</i> report, which compares progress made by
countries with the best health status and those with least-favourable
health status over the past two decades, shows that considerable
progress has been made in the areas of reducing child and maternal
deaths, improving nutrition, and reducing deaths and illness from HIV
infections, tuberculosis and malaria.

The gap in child mortality fell, from 171 deaths per 1,000 live births
in 1990 to 107 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2011. Countries that
had some of the world's highest child mortality rates in 1990 –
including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Madagascar, Nepal, Rwanda, Senegal
and Timor-Leste – have improved child survival to such an extent that
they no longer belong to that group.

However, despite 27 countries having already reached the MDG target,
the current rates of progress will not be sufficient to reach the
global target of a two-thirds reduction in 1990 levels of child
mortality by 2015, the report says.

Global statistics on the number of women dying in childbirth also
improved, but WHO earned that the global decline rate in maternal
deaths – currently at 3 per cent – needs to double to meet the goal of
reducing maternal deaths by three-quarters.

"Our statistics show that overall the gaps are closing between the
most-advantaged and least-advantaged countries of the world," said
Ties Boerma, Director of the Department of Health Statistics and
Information Systems at WHO. "However, the situation is far from
satisfactory as progress is uneven and large gaps persist between and
within countries."

The report noted several key areas to focus on before the MDG deadline
including reducing tuberculosis in the countries with the highest
rates, addressing increasing rates of diabetes, and ensuring low and
middle-income countries have access to affordable medicines.

The report contains data from 194 countries on a range of mortality,
disease and health system indicators including life expectancy,
illnesses and deaths from key diseases, health services and
treatments, financial investment in health, as well as risk factors
and behaviours that affect health.May 15 2013 1:00PM
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