Very interesting report, dealing with Health Systems" ("all the activities whose primary purpose is to promote, restore or maintain health" -- a much broader area than formal health services, and includes traditional healers, home care, such health-enhancing interventions as road and environmental safety, and incorporates health-related education etc.) The table on health system attainment and performance places Burma/Myanmar at 190 out of 191 countries, deeply offending the rank-conscious generals. "The World Health Report 2000 Health Systems: Improving Performance is an expert analysis of the increasingly important influence of health systems in the daily lives of people worldwide. Health systems provide the critical interface between life-saving, life-enhancing interventions and the people who need them. If health systems are weak, the power of these interventions is likewise weakened, or even lost. Health systems thus deserve the highest priority in any efforts to improve health or ensure that resources are wisely used. The World Health Report 2000 aims to stimulate a vigorous debate about better ways of measuring health system performance and thus finding a successful new direction for health systems to follow. By shedding new light on what makes health systems behave in certain ways, WHO also hopes to help policy-makers weigh the many complex issues involved, examine their options, and make wise choices."