Special report: two faces of world health

Between twenty-five and thirty million lives could be saved each year if health conditions all over the world were the same as those in the most advanced countries.

For The Unesco Courier, Jean Manevy, of the World Health Organization, has made a special inquiry into world health today. His report, published here, is focussed on two basic features of the global health picture: the contagious diseases which are still the greatest cause of death and misery in the less economically developed countries and the "killers of modern times" which afflict the most economically advanced countries.

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