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Health Promotion International, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1-4,
March 1999
© Oxford University Press 1999
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WHO is making a difference through health promotion
‘Never underestimate the power of individuals to change the world— indeed that is the only way it happens’ Margaret Mead
The World Health Organization’s 50th anniversary in 1998 was a watershed year for policies, programmes and people. Across its extensive portfolio, pioneering work was celebrated, new challenges were recognized, inspiring dreams launched, old friends thanked and new faces welcomed. This was also the experience of WHO’s health promotion programme.
‘We are slowly learning one of life's most important lessons: not just how to live longer, but also how to stay longer in good health with less dependence on others.’ So commented the retiring Director General, Dr Hiroshi Nakajima, in the 1998 World Health Report (World Health Organization (WHO), 1998a).
This document, the fourth in an excellent series, outlines the major developments and achievements in health in the past 50 years and describes the economic, population and social trends which will
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