While global health outcomes a key focus of the MDGs have improved dramatically in recent years, progress on education worldwide has not been nearly as satisfactory.

Ultimately, more equal societies have better health outcomes.

Survival paradox Although the negative health consequences of obesity in the general population are well supported by the available evidence, health outcomes in certain subgroups seem to be improved at an increased BMI, a phenomenon known as the obesity survival paradox.

Improved convergence of approaches, programme strategies and interventions will lead to greater effectiveness and enhanced outcomes.

Up to now, Mr. Quang's health has gradually improved.

The effect would be even greater if training is improved so that health care quality is improved.

An educated wife and mother results in improved family health

Differences in health outcomes are exacerbated further by women s tendency to use health care services more than men.

Calculation The QALY is a measure of the value of health outcomes.

Rural sanitation could also be improved through strengthening health extension services.

A decade of significant progress in health outcomes has proved the skeptics wrong.

Increasing the equitable access to and use of safe water and basic sanitation services and improved hygiene practices will reduce child mortality, improve health and education outcomes, and contribute to reduced poverty and sustainable development as a whole.

In geographic terms, 1999 2002 health coverage improved from 93 per cent in 2001 with 376 health centres and 402 health posts.

Government finances health care research because improved medicines are a public good.

The source of poor and uneven health outcomes lies in the disparities in household incomes and physical access to health services.

Though the prevention of malaria has improved, malaria remains a public health issue.

The performance of the health sector in Pakistan needs to be vastly improved.

Special attention will be given to those interventions that address both health and nutrition outcomes.

Reducing inequalities in health outcomes requires more intensive health care for patients in lower socioeconomic brackets, tailored to their specific needs and challenges.

Activists campaign for improved mental health services and for more involvement and empowerment within mental health services, policies and wider society.

The result is a reconciliation of medication and patient education resulting in increased patient health outcomes and decreased costs to the health care system.

Between 2001 and 2003, people's health care, especially for mothers and children, was unceasingly improved.

Maternal health care has improved, with a 20 per cent increase in medically assisted births.

The complainant's health situation has also improved since May when he fell ill with pneumonia.

The paradox of South Asia is that growth has been instrumental in reducing poverty and improving social outcomes, but poverty rates and social outcomes have not improved fast enough to reduce the total number of people living in misery.

Canada proposes that the Review Conference adopt outcomes designed to meet these objectives, by modifying the way we do business and fostering improved transparency and accountability.

Other health metrics are equally disappointing, with data indicating poorer health outcomes for Americans throughout their lives. And, for at least three decades, matters have been getting worse.

There was a direct link between the health of ecosystems and food security, improved health, asset building, risk reduction and more secure lives for the poor.

But, while these policies have reduced inequalities in some social and economic outcomes, including income, housing quality, and health care access, they have been insufficient to eliminate health inequalities.

Only with improved access to food, water, health care, schools, and income generating livelihoods can peace be achieved.

Service delivery in basic health and water and sanitation has improved, along with efforts to strengthen breastfeeding practices.

The ability to map out complex cases and practice rare procedures before performing them on a patient will undoubtedly lead to better surgical performance and improved medical outcomes.

The reason that not for profit providers can achieve higher quality care with better health outcomes at lower cost is evident.

Improved general health status and reproductive patterns, together with access to appropriate general and specialized health care, have greatly reduced the incidence of maternal mortality in the last century.

Some, such as growth monitoring, day care services, preschool activities, or improved hygiene or health services, work directly with children.

Increased use of safe water and sanitation facilities and improved hygiene practices contribute significantly to public health programmes in general.

Mrs. Sanneh (Gambia) said that the status of Government health care centres had improved and women were among the beneficiaries.

The Subcommittee noted that space system based telemedicine could provide significantly improved and cost effective access to quality health care, transform the delivery of health care and improve the health of millions of people throughout the world.

The reporting of emerging health concerns such as HIV AIDS as a cause of death improved during the period 1995 2000.

Primary health care services had been improved, maternal and infant mortality had declined and the use of modern contraceptives had increased.

These declines are largely as a result of improved survival of children after their first birthday and reflects the improvements in the maternal and child health care in the health sector.

At the same time, ensuring that these efforts translate into better health outcomes requires a revolution in the way families prepare their children s food.

Even as temperatures have risen, heat related deaths have decreased, owing to improved health care, access to medical facilities, and air conditioning.

Programmes that combine improved sanitation and hand washing facilities in schools with hygiene education can improve the health of children for life.

Recognizing that health and nutrition outcomes are not the results of action in the health and nutrition sectors alone, UNICEF will build on its intersectoral experience to promote innovative approaches to address immediate and underlying determinants of maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition.