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Poverty and health

Health is higher on the international agenda than ever before. Concern for the health of poor people is a central development issue. In addition to its intrinsic value for individuals investment in health is an important and previously underestimated means of economic development; substantially improved health outcomes are a prerequisite if developing countries are to break out of the cycle of poverty. This DAC Reference Document on Poverty and Health jointly published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and WHO extends the analysis and recommendations of the D
eBook, English, 2003
OECD ; World Health Organization, Paris, Geneva, 2003
Guideline
1 online resource (92 pages) : color illustrations.
9780585492704, 9789264100183, 9789241562362, 0585492700, 9264100180, 9241562366
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Acronyms; Overview and Purpose; Key Actions to Promote a Pro-poor Health Approach; Summary; Chapter 1. Investing in Health to Reduce Poverty; Chapter 2. Supporting Pro-poor Health Systems; Chapter 3. Key Policy Areas for Pro-poor Health; Chapter 4. Frameworks and Instruments for Health Programming and Monitoring; Chapter 5. Policy Coherence and Global Public Goods; Bibliography; 1. HIV/AIDS: a development problem; 2. Tobacco, alcohol and drug abuse: preventable causes of poverty and ill health; 3. The role of information and communication technology in pro-poor health systems 4. What is the private health sector?5. Output-based approaches to aid; 6. The Aga Khan Health Service approach to user fees; 1. Official development assistance (ODA) to health, 1996-2001: annual averagecommitment and share in total aid allocated by sector; 2. Health-related Millennium Development Goals; 1. Sub-sectoral breakdown of ODA to health, 1999-2001; 2. The Main Determinants of Health
"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"--Page 4
Also published in French under title: Pauvreté et santé
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011