Health and development.
In this paper, the relationship between health and development is discussed. The impact of development on health and the importance of health to development are illustrated. The challenges to achieving health and development are outlined and the role of the World Health Organization in promoting these two objectives and their interrelationship is reviewed.
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Division of Health Systems and Community Development, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
D003256:Community Participation; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003906:Developing Countries; D006292:Health Priorities; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012922:Social Change; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014944:World Health Organization