World Health Organization : World Health Forum, 1980 ; Volume 1 No. 1-2, Year 1980: Introducing World Health Forum

By A. Manuila

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Title:	World Health Organization : World Health Forum, 1980 ; Volume 1 No. 1-2, Year 1980: Introducing World Health Forum
Author:	A. Manuila
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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The Member States of WHO are already committed to work towards this objective, each in its own way and each taking account of its own health situation, health services, and economic and social background. For those inclined to dismiss this as a hollow slogan, one need only look at the revolutionary impact that other idealistic statements have had; the American Revolution was predicated on the assertion that all men are created equal, the French Revolution on libertt, tgalitt, fraternitt, and Marxism on workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains. To ask how close we have come to any of these noble ideals misses their central point, which is their capacity to inspire mankind to work towards achieving them. So too with Health for all by the year 2ooo. Can this revolutionary idea be translated into simple, easy-to-understand language? Yes. To begin with, it means extending primary health care to the total population of each Member State by the year 2000. Whether in the villages of one of the new nations in Africa or the urban slums of a highly industrialized country, every man, woman and child is entitled to medical care; all have an equal right to life, to a decent existence, to hope

Table of Contents
INTRODUCING WORLD HEALTH FORUM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Politics, ideolo , and health Z A . L a m o 'r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ROUND TABLE The malaria pro ramme - from euphoria to anarchy M. A. Farif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Discussion: Robert H. Black; L. j. Bruce-Chwatt; A. Gabaldon; Lee M. Howard; R. Michel; A. P. Ray; Paul F. Russell; and G. Sambasivan . . 22 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE Crash health manpower planning: a method for developing countries R. Galan Morera, A. Levine & D. K. Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Sudan: teacher training ets out of the rut M. A. Awad, K. E cfst rom & F. Katz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Training village health workers in rural Ghana P. R. Lamptey, D. D. Nicholas & E. Quartey-Papafio . . . . . . . . . . 52 Colombia: how to select community health leaders G. Molina, A. Turizo, A. Arango & S. Gomez de Murillo . . . . . . . . 5 7 Health promotion in Zaire Nzungu Mavinga Lelo di Kimbi-Kiaku, Mavungu Vindu Kiama, J.Courtejoie&I.RotsartdeHertaing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Vernacular literacy produces good health workers G. Belloncle, H, Balique, A. Rougemont & Ph. Ranque . . . . . . . . . 67 Honduras: mental health awareness changes a community Carola Eisenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72