Vol. 17, No. 3	September 1996

In 1977 the Thirtieth World Health Assembly decided that the main social goal of governments and WHO in the coming decades should be the attainment by all people of the world by the year 2000 of a level of health that would permit them to lead a socially and economically productive life. This goal is known as Health for All by the Year 2000.

The global strategy for Health For All adopted by the Assembly in 1981 indicated the main principles to be respected and the broad means to be mobilized in order to reach the goal. It also included the commitment to evaluate periodically the effectiveness of the Strategy. This goal, these principles and their commitment remain as valid today as they were then. Most countries however have adapted them to their own situation and developed their own national strategies and objectives towards HFA2000.

In early 1997 all Member States of the World Health Organization will carry out the third evaluation of the implementation of the strategy for health for all by the year 2000. Previous evaluations have being performed in 1985 and 1991

A common framework to guide national health administration in this evaluation exercise prepared by WHO is now being distributed to the countries of the Region of the Americas. The conclusion of this third evaluation, being the last before the yeaar 2000, will be instrumental in establishing the foundation of the renewed strategy for health for all, and the results will be presented to the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization in September 1997.

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