Editing 2002 (section)

== Health ==
{{Further|Category:2002 in health}}
The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) recognized "reducing risks" and "promoting healthy life" as its health concern of focus in the 2002 [[World Health Report]].<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9241562072 |title=World Health Report: 2002 |date=2002-09-11 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] |isbn=92-4-156207-2 |issn=1020-3311 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330034242/https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9241562072 |url-status=live }}</ref> Global food supplies reduced in 2002 amid droughts and drops in harvest yields.<ref name=":52">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/britannicabookof0000ency_u4j0/ |title=Britannica Book of the Year 2003 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |year=2003 |isbn=978-0852299562}}</ref>{{Rp|page=146}} Famines occurred in Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|page=6}} Eritrea, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Swaziland were also heavily affected by insufficient food.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=146}} The fishing industry was not affected, increasing slightly from previous years.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=149}} Nigeria and the Philippines took steps toward establishing national healthcare systems.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=311}}

A 2001 [[ebola]] outbreak in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo continued through 2002.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=221}} The United States and the Dutch company [[Crucell]] collaborated to begin development on an ebola vaccine in response.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=222}} The year's increased focus on terrorism, particularly after the [[2001 anthrax attacks]], prompted many countries to invest in vaccines, antibiotics, and antivirals as a precaution against [[bioterrorism]].<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=221}} Renewed attention was brought to the case of family doctor [[Harold Shipman]] when it was announced in July that he had killed 200 other people under his care beyond the 15 for which he was prosecuted.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=232}}