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● Facts about good health and well-being
• “The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as ‘a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or

infirmity”
• “In 2018 an estimated 6.2 million children and adolescents under the age of 15 years
died, mostly from preventable causes. Of these deaths, 5.3 million occurred in the
first 5 years, with almost half of these in the first month of life. Despite determined
global progress, an increasing proportion of child deaths are in Sub-Saharan Africa
and Southern Asia. Four out of every five deaths of children under age five occur in
these regions.” (UN, 2022)

• “Over 40 per cent of all countries have fewer than 10 medical doctors per 10,000
people; over 55 per cent of countries have fewer than 40 nursing and midwifery
personnel per 10,000 people.” (UN, 2022)

● Selected goals and strategies for good health and well-being:
• Accessible and quality health care, affordable medicines and vaccines, digitalization

of health care, maternal health.
• Health literacy, health education.
• Increased quality of life - access to sports facilities, increased leisure activities,
reduced smoking especially among young people, take other addictive substances.

• Living with dignity for the elderly - assisted living, mobile services, homes for the
elderly, early prevention, dignified care, unmarried care.
• Healthy diet, healthy lifestyle.

● Related issues with corporate practice (Examples of good practice):

• To inspire practice and show examples of how business can support and help
achieve goals (finding inspirational cases).
• Maintaining health standards.

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