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Essay on The Objectives and Roles of the World Health Organization

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Based on WHO:s health agenda, the main targets are developing promoting, health security, strengthening health systems, generating research, information and evidence, enhancing partnerships and improving WHO:s performance (WHO 2013) . In our country we have our own health policy, Health 2015 (STM 2001) , which is a long-term health policy programme, based on the WHO:s new Global Health on the 21-program and principle of health in all policies. It is purposed to improve health and functional capacity to lead longer active lives, and to reduce inequity in health. It is a cooperation programme that seeks to support and promote the health of all sectors of society. (STM 2001.) The objectives of Finnish health policy are to reduce …show more content…

(WHO 2013.) According to Core health indicators status comparison in demographic and socio-economic context, mortality and morbidity, health system coverage and utilization, lifestyles comparison and health system resources, Finland is doing good at the most part. For example we have about 5 hospitals per 100 000 people, whereas Sweden has one (in 2010). In European level, we have put in resources in health care, we don`t have much accidents. Instead, we have alcohol abuse and a lot of smokers. Still our life expectancy is one at the highest level in Europe. Maternal and childhood mortality is at a low level compared to global (maternal 4.9/210) Causes of young children deaths are mainly congenital anomalies. Finland is at high civilization-level. We have proper education, health care systems, good financing, clean environment and environmental principles, high management and leading levels, quite good employment etc. (WHO 2012.) 2 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Globally the global health agenda, the 11th General Programme of Work, 2006-2015, has outlined seven priority areas in health promotion. Priorities are for all the stakeholders, not just WHO. The highlights are reducing poverty, building individual and global health security,promoting universal coverage, gender equality, and health related human rights, tackling the determinants of health, strengthening health systems and equitable access,

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