Global Health Goals 2020
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Global health goals 2020. As the world and its economies become increasingly globalized including extensive international travel and commerce it is necessary to think about health in a global context. International dental journal 2003 53 285 288 martin hobdell leader of fdi joint working group houston usa poul erik petersen world health organisation geneva switzerland john clarkson international association for dental research alexandria usa. These goals have the power to create a better world by 2030 by ending poverty fighting inequality and addressing the urgency of climate change.
Healthy people 2020 hp2020 tracks approximately 1 300 objectives organized into 42 topic areas each of which represents an important public health area. Cdc also uses data from these. Global goals for oral health 2020 authors.
Plans to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem worldwide by 2020 have also been prepared and are being implemented. From key events such as the world oceans summit generation. Fdi science commission ferney voltaire france.
It goes without saying that 2020 has halted our plans. Published on october 26 2020. Vi world health statistics 22 introduction t he world health statistics 2020 report is the latest annual compilation of health statistics for 194 member states.
A community of global goals factivists. In 2015 world leaders agreed to 17 global goals officially known as the sustainable development goals or sdgs. Fdi joint working group houston usa.
Recent data show that up to 13 high hiv burden countries are poised to achieve epidemic control by 2020. Guided by the goals it is now up to all of us governments businesses. In addition hp2020 contains the leading health indicators a small focused set of 12 topics containing 26 objectives identified to communicate and move action on high priority health issues.