Download or read book Finance & Development, March 2004 written by International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2004-03-10 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.