3. Tobacco consumption is not only a major health hazard but an economic burden on individuals, families and countries at large.

(c) Acceptable burden sharing among donors and likely consensus among major contributors.

Africa's heavy debt burden remains a major drain on its development potential.

The Programme, as agreed, puts the major burden on the developing countries.

Shigellosis remains a major public health problem.

The growing NCD and CVD burden is a time bomb for world health.

Pulmonary tuberculosis constitutes a major public health problem and health priority in Mexico.

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If uncontrolled, malaria will continue to be a major economic burden on African economies.

The situation of refugees and displaced persons constitutes a major burden for Croatian society.

The major health risks include pneumonia and back injuries.

The debt burden continues to be a major obstacle to African economic growth and development.

The debt burden of poorer countries remained a major constraint to their socio economic development.

Likewise, the World Health Organization issued a major call to scale up development assistance for health.

All major government health facilities have separate facilities for women.

The greatest irony in global health is that the poorest countries carry the largest disease burden.

Lack of access to quality health care is a major problem.

a) Expansion, upgrading and major rehabilitation of primary education and health infrastructure

The territorial Government is the major provider and financier of health services.

Ensuring women's health is a major concern of the Programme of Action.

In the past, too little attention had been given to health, and, in development plans, health expenditures were often regarded more as a burden for the economy.

A serious burden will likely be placed on the region s major economies, particularly its two giants, India and China.

The Ministers recognized that States in the region bear a major economic burden of the implementation of the sanctions.

90. Acute respiratory infections pose an even more serious health problem and account for between 66 and 75 per cent of the total child primary health care burden.

Understanding and reducing these health inequalities remains a major public policy challenge worldwide.

It is a major marker to assess the quality of health care delivery.

Pregnancy related mortality was a major health problem during the period under review.

Unsafe abortion is one of the most neglected underlying causes of reproductive ill health, and constitutes a major public health issue.

The five major allied forces that possessed military might and economic strength had to shoulder a primary and enormous burden.

African economic recovery and development would require a major inflow of resources and an easing of the external debt burden.

One of the major NGOs promoting family planning is the Vanuatu Family Health Association.

Major reforms have been taken in the financial, transport, health, education and communication sectors.

There's actually a major health crisis today in terms of the shortage of organs.

The inflow of refugees from neighbouring countries affected by war who are benefiting from the health services, has contributed to placing a burden on the already weak public health infrastructure.

Recent efforts to lighten the burden of bilateral debt for developing countries were also welcome, but multilateral debt, which had not yet been addressed, had become a major burden for many debtor countries as well.

UNHCR continued to work with sister agencies, ministries of health and other partners to assist in health sector rehabilitation in major return operations.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has for the last 10 years devoted much attention to addressing violence as a major public health problem.

(b) Funding shortfalls that limit the programme's ability to cope with the increased burden of non communicable diseases and addressing unmet primary health needs, such as child disabilities and psychosocial health

In many countries, health workers are in a precarious condition .15 The HIV AIDS epidemic increases the work burden, sickening and killing health workers, and stigmatizing those who care for patients.

There was a great need for an indigenous women apos s health policy to complement the National Aboriginal Health Strategy, the major initiative in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

The Department of Peacekeeping Operations faces two major challenges that affect the health of peacekeepers.

Viet Nam approved major budgetary increases for health and education for fiscal year 1994 1995.

The debt burden continued to undermine development efforts and remained a major obstacle to the economic recovery and growth of developing countries.

Violence against women also contributes to the overall burden of ill health and lack of well being through its impact on women's physical and mental health, including sexual and reproductive health, as well as its impact on victims' families.

Health equity and climate change have a major impact on human health and quality of life, and are interlinked in a number of ways.