Health in the context of sustainable development
Subtitle: background document
By: prepared by Y. von Schirnding and C. Mulholland
Contributors: Mulholland, C.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Sustainable development; Health planning; WHO meeting on Making Health Central to Sustainable Development (2001 : Oslo, Norway); World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002 : Johannesburg, South Africa)
Other titles: Environmental Information Services Collection.
Notes: "For WHO Meeting: 'Making Health Central to Sustainable Development: Planning the Health Agenda for the World Summit on Sustainable Development."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Conceptual issues in sustainable development; title: Key health trends: a snapshot; title: Health and poverty; title: Globalization and health; title: Production and consumption processes, natural resource use and environmental degradation; title: Targeted intervention strategies; title: Building stronger health systems; title: Moving beyond the health sector; title: Conclusion.