01643cas a2200229 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008231 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 9781451953411 0145-1707 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. Finance and Development, March 2004. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (66 pages) Finance and Development <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper presents a snapshot of changes in the world's health and demographic conditions. The paper highlights that in most parts of the world, individuals are healthier and living longer, thanks to improved health services and living conditions and the more widespread use of immunization, antibiotics, and better contraceptives. Although this trend is likely to continue, hopes are fading in some regions where progress slowed or stopped in the 1990s, primarily as a result of the AIDS epidemic. Moreover, most regions of the developing world will not reach the Millennium Development Goals for health by 2015. Mode of access: Internet Finance and Development; Finance and Development ; No. 0041/001 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0041/001/022.0041.issue-001-en.xml IMF e-Library