Friday, February 8, 2008

[EQ] WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic - 2008 - The MPOWER package

WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 - The MPOWER package

The report outlines the MPOWER package, a set of six key tobacco control measures that reflect and build on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

 World Health Organization – February  2008

Available online as PDF file [342p.] at:

http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_full_2008.pdf

 

“……Tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death in the world today. This year, tobacco will kill more than five million people – more than tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. By 2030, the death toll will exceed eight million a year. Unless urgent action is taken tobacco could kill one billion people during this century.

 

Tobacco is the only legal consumer product that can harm everyone exposed to it – and it kills up to half of those who use it as intended. Yet, tobacco use is common throughout the world due to low prices, aggressive and widespread marketing, lack of awareness about its dangers, and inconsistent public policies against its use.

 

Most of tobacco’s damage to health does not become evident until years or even decades after the onset of use. So, while tobacco use is rising globally, the epidemic of tobacco-related disease and death has just begun.

 

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - FCTC, a multilateral treaty with more than 150 Parties, was the first step in the global fight against the tobacco

epidemic. This treaty presents a blueprint for countries to reduce both the supply of and the demand for tobacco. The WHO Framework Convention establishes

that international law has a vital role in preventing disease and promoting health.

 

To help countries fulfil the promise of the WHO Framework Convention, WHO has established MPOWER, a package of the six most important and effective

tobacco control policies: raising taxes and prices, banning advertising, promotion and sponsorship, protecting people from secondhand smoke, warning everyone about the dangers of tobacco, offering help to people who want to quit, and carefully monitoring the epidemic and prevention policies. …”

 

 

 

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT BY SECTION

Forward by WHO Director General and report summary [pdf 847kb]

The global tobacco crisis [pdf 335kb]

MPOWER - six policies to reverse the epidemic [pdf 446kb]

The state of global tobacco control [pdf 554kb]

Conclusion, references, technical notes and acknowledgements [pdf 577kb]


Appendices
Country profiles [pdf 2.99Mb]

Global tobacco control policy data [pdf 708kb]

Prevalence and data [pdf 480kb]

Global youth tobacco survey data [pdf 146kb]

WHO FCTC [pdf 67kb]

 

 

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[EQ] The Many Dimensions of Poverty

The Many Dimensions of Poverty

 

Edited by Nanak Kakwani and Jacques Silber.

International Poverty Centre - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) BrasiliaBrazil

 

Website: http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/book.htm

 

“….This book draws together 14 articles that were presented at the IPC-sponsored International Conference on “The Many Dimensions of Poverty”, held in Brasilia in 2005.  It takes a multidisciplinary approach to poverty, including five different perspectives from the disciplines of economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology and institutional economics.

 

There are also studies of chronicity of poverty, the concept of vulnerability, the political economy of poverty alleviation and the pro-poorness of government programs. The broad view of poverty that the book offers is likely to orient research on poverty in directions neglected hitherto and to help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies….”

 

A sample chapter, “Multidimensional Poverty: Conceptual and Measurement Issues”, by Erik Thorbeck
http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/paper-seminar/Chapter_1_Many_Dimensions_Poverty.pdf  

 

 

 

 

 

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[EQ] Maternal and child undernutrition: effective action at national level

            The Lancet Series, Maternal and child undernutrition


Maternal and child undernutrition: effective action at national level

Jennifer Bryce, Denise Coitinho, Ian Darnton-Hill, David Pelletier, Per Pinstrup-Andersen, for the Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group

The Lancet,  Volume 371, Number 9611, 9 February 2008


Available at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607616948/fulltext

 

“…..80% of the world's undernourished children live in just 20 countries. Intensified nutrition action in these countries can lead to achievement of the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and greatly increase the chances of achieving goals for child and maternal mortality (MDGs 4 and 5). Despite isolated successes in specific countries or for interventions—eg, iodised salt and vitamin A supplementation—most countries with high rates of undernutrition are failing to reach undernourished mothers and children with effective interventions supported by appropriate policies.

 

This paper reports on an assessment of actions addressing undernutrition in the countries with the highest burden of undernutrition, drawing on systematic reviews and best-practice reports. Seven key challenges for addressing undernutrition at national level are defined and reported…….”

 

What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival


Zulfiqar A Bhutta,  Tahmeed Ahmed,    Robert E Black,   Simon Cousens  Kathryn Dewey, Elsa Giugliani,   Batool A Haider ,  Betty Kirkwood,   Saul S Morris,  HPS Sachdev   and   Meera Shekar,   for the Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group

The Lancet, Volume 371, Number 9610, 2 February 2008


Full text available online at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607616936/fulltext

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Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital


Cesar G Victora, Linda Adair, Caroline Fall, Pedro C Hallal,  Reynaldo Martorell, Linda Richter, Harshpal Singh Sachdev
Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group

The Lancet, Volume 371, Number 9609, 26 January 2008

 

Available online at; http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607616924/fulltext

 

 

Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

 

Robert E Black, Lindsay H Allen,  Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Laura E Caulfield, Mercedes de Onis, Majid Ezzati, Colin Mathers, Juan Rivera
Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group

The Lancet,  Volume 371, Number 9608, 19 January 2008

 

Available online at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607616900/fulltext

 

 

 

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