WHO : Life in the twenty-first century should be healthier and longer for more people than ever before, according to a report released by the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) . The World Health Report 1998, offers a "cautiously optimistic" view of the future. It predicts that worldwide premature deaths--defined as occurring before the age of 50 years-- will be cut by helf by the year 2025. But it warns that in 1998, over 7 million adults will die before reaching this age and 10 million children will die before their fifth birthday.