The stats in the challenge points you posted are from a report from The World Health Organization's The World Health Report 2008 - primary Health Care (Now More Than Ever) .
I found this article/editorial piece about WHO and their objective. I found it very eye-opening and educational.
I'm not criticizing anyone's viewpoints. I'm just staying open and giving everyone an opportunty to broaden their views and obtain education.

http://reason.com/archives/2002/01/01/who-cares/

Also, here is the WHO report and from their cover page: "Why a renewal of primary health care (PHC), and why now, more than ever? Globalization is putting the social cohesion of many countries under stress, and health systems are clearly not performing as well as they could and should. People are increasingly impatient with the inability of health services to deliver. Few would disagree that health systems need to respond better – and faster – to the challenges of a changing world. PHC can do that."


http://www.who.int/whr/2008/en/index.html