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Key health issues: 2011 in review
In 2011, there was important progress in a number of areas. Reports published by WHO on Aids, tuberculosis and malaria all indicated fewer deaths – and fewer new infections. The UN General Assembly met to agree on a global agenda for noncommunicable diseases – only the second time (after HIV/Aids) that a health-related theme was selected as the topic for a UN high-level meeting.
These include but are not limited to:
- Tracking resources and results for women’s and children’s health
- Reducing harmful alcohol use
- Immunisation week to vaccinate millions
- Shortage of midwives endangers the lives of women and newborns
- Acknowledging the first World Hepatitis Day
- Combating noncommunicable diseases
- Social conditions influence health inequities
- Underfunding tuberculosis risks slowing progress
- Malaria deaths are down but progress remains fragile
Read the World Health Organisation photo report on the key issues of 2011
