Poverty and health.
Contributors: DAC Network on Poverty Reduction.
Series: DAC guidelines and reference series
Publisher: OECD; World Health Organization; Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Paris; Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Poverty -- Health aspects.; Poor -- Medical care.; Medical policy.; Public goods.; Poverty; Health Status; Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration; Financing, Health; Public Policy; Intersectoral Cooperation
Description: Investment in health is a strategically important and often underestimated component of economic development. This study sets out a systematic approach to improving health in poor countries.  For emerging countries, substantially improved health outcomes are a prerequisite to breaking out of the poverty cycle. This book on poverty and health, jointly published by the OECD and WHO, sets out the essential components of a broad-scope "pro-poor" health approach for action within the health system and beyond it.  It is for development practitioners in the area of health issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-92).
"This DAC Reference Document ... is the result of collective work undertaken by the DAC Network on Poverty Reduction and its Subgroup on Poverty and Health"--p. 4.
Also published in French under title: Pauvreté et santé.