The UN's low-fertility model, which assumes worldwide TFRs of less than 2.1, projects an
initial increase in population size followed by a slow decline to 7.3 billion in 2050 and 5.1 …

Although maternal and infant mortality has been reduced in China over the past several
years, the country is still facing big challenges in reproductive health (Fang and Kaufmann …

The World Health Organization (WHO 2006) estimated that 24% of the disease burden
(healthy life-years lost) and 23% of all deaths (pre-mature mortality) were attributable to …

There is a long history of concern about the effects of environmental conditions on health.
The slums, polluted water supplies and lack of sanitation of the typical nineteenth-century …

Just over 60 years ago, at another conference, a document was signed that began with
these words:'health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not …

The environment can have an important influence on health. The European Environment
Agency (EEA) and the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health (ECEH) …

As the largest developing country in the world, China has achieved rapid economic
development, averaging an annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 10% over …

Many theories and methods account for the complexity of disease and the range of factors
and influences shaping health. Wulff et al.(1986) have noted that the biomedical mechanical …

Health is regarded by many as one of the most important assets of the human life. Health
concerns have therefore traditionally underlain much of the political priority given to …

On the other end of the spectrum, in 1971—three years after writing The Population Bomb—
Ehrlich placed the limit at 500 million. Others suggest that humans are already finding a way …