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The European health report 2005 was inspired by the idea that knowledge can be used to improve people’s lives. Good future decisions on public health require the right people to have the right information. With this report, we at the WHO Regional Office for Europe offer a practical knowledge resource to health professionals and all other stakeholders in public health to use in this task. | He ỈĨ V. A I7 A EUROPE RWf oMmm The European health report 2005 I tetri tiMM JSLfl n w en of disease jojniTiFX jOTK bunion t inthr O tew Mr .ulcToJinm Jue uiprrnuturc I vi oi the total twd in JLwbUitv J priority fur árd by II long lit- NCD a I V respun will fin J dlwin hurú n Wth th 11 erpoeura and manifest MM Itim planning and I rretm lot A f M vnrther that of th are a particular problem tc CommurwcabW hut attention needs tn be I into the He irwA populate and underfunded to 1O of no K immtinK4M and M some uuntfWV Itj 1 treatment. ftofh incMktMX and ton mac utiptON rmciit occur wxne - tiiJi nl H ít Awvurnrio In Fur ft it tnaraxtl 1990 but lUbilncd u . . nttyr m M3dnuynowbr Ú .7ruing In lnr c Icvth hMC II ixtual km and h w no rxvrrK Alcohol- UM- diwrdcre arc part idthrpottpal hrurnpvichiillM- tim Ihe tn huielheilttcv t 1 - n ỉ l rtfMil tkftrrMkmr Public health action for healthier children and populations .rriitUhkUH hl thr Rcpon in . Since tv 1 I n i tjCTullMlM ernfitfih .1 11 It III Il . nrerdrs h mthrRqputi flu The European health report 2005 Public health action for healthier children and populations The World Health Organization was established in 1948 as the specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for directing and coordinating authority for international health matters and public health. One of WHO s constitutional functions is to provide objective and reliable information and advice in the field of human health. It fulfils this responsibility in part through its publications programmes seeking to help countries make policies that benefit public health and address their most pressing public health concerns. The WHO Regional Office for Europe is one of six regional offices throughout the world each with its own programme geared to the particular health problems of the countries it serves. The European Region embraces some 870 million people living in an area stretching from the Arctic Ocean in the north and the Mediterranean Sea in .