A CRITIQUE OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) DEFINITION OF HEALTH AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
A CRITIQUE OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) DEFINITION OF HEALTH AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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2016-06
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SHEHU, RAHEEM ADARAMAJA
Suleiman, Mariam Adefunke
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Abstract
A critique of the world Health Organisation (WHO) definition of health was
done in this paper. The paper highlighted that the definition given by WHO in 1947
could not favourable be accepted in this millennium, especially with the development
of various types of technological advancement, which in actual sense, constitutes
serious health problems to both individual and community health. The paper also examined factors that influenced both individual and community health; that make health to be "dynamic" rather than "a state of completeness", 'and that a complete state of health is better assumed or dreamt. Finally, a new definition of health that will stand the test of our time in the 21st century was given.
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CRITIQUE,, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO),, DEFINITION OF HEALTH,, 21ST CENTURY,