World Health Organization – May 2013

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“….15 May 2013 – The world has made dramatic progress in improving health in the poorest countries and narrowing the gaps between countries with the best and worst health status in the past two decades, according to the World Health Statistics 2013. “Intensive efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals have clearly improved health for people all over the world,” says Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO.


World Health Statistics 2013 contains 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.

This year, it also includes highlight summaries on current trends in official development assistance (ODA) for health.

Progress on the health – Available in 3 languages English French Spanish

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Table of contents and introduction

Part I. Health-related Millennium Development Goals

Part II. Highlighted topics

Part III. Global health indicators

Annex 1: Regional and income groupings


THE INDICATOR COMPENDIUM

World Health Statistics 2013 – Indicator compendium