Download or read book Health in the Americas, 2002 Edition written by Pan American Health Organization and published by Pan American Health Org. This book was released on 2002 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume I describes the health situation from a regional perspective and contains a series of chapters that identify and analyze the most important general, demographic, and mortality trends of the period; major determinants of health as seen from a variety of political, social, economic, and financial standpoints; principal trends and characteristics of the ongoing health sector reform movement; the role of individuals and communities in promoting health; the association between the physical environment and human living conditions; principal diseases and health problems; the extent of human an.