Representative products from 2010

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT) and World Health Organization joint global report on urbanization and health.  The rapid increase of people living in cities is one of the most important global health issues of the 21st century. Hidden cities highlights the challenges and opportunities and their effects on the well-being of all urbanites. Photo stories from around the world reflect the hidden realities urban dwellers are facing, further highlighting the need for concerted action. Dr Epping-Jordan served as chief technical writer of this global report, which was launched in Kobe, Japan on 17 November 2010.  CNN's coverage of the report and its main issues can be accessed at its Urban Planet website. 

World Health Organization report on mental health and development. Mental health and development: targeting people with mental health conditions as a vulnerable group demonstrates that people with mental health conditions are vulnerable – not because of any inherent weakness, but as a result of the way they are treated by society. It illustrates how people are not only missed by development programmes, but can be actively excluded from these programmes, this despite the fact that an explicit goal of development is to reach the most vulnerable. The WHO report is a call to action to all development stakeholders – multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, global partnerships, private foundations, academic and research institutions, governments and civil society – to focus their attention on mental health. The report was launched globally at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 16 September 2010.

World Health Organization report on people centred care in low- and middle-income countries.  This report defines the concept of 'people-centred care' and describes how it can be implemented successfully in low- and middle-income countries. People-centred care is broader than a closely-related concept, patient-centred care. Whereas patient-centred
care is commonly understood as focusing on the individual seeking care—the patient—people-centred care encompasses these clinical encounters and also includes attention to the health of people in their communities and their crucial role in shaping health policy and health services. Dr Epping-Jordan served as writer of this WHO report.