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Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]>
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"Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)" <[log in to unmask]>@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG> on
02/26/2002 09:39:47 AM

Please respond to "Equidad,              Salud y Desarrollo.  Divisi


žn de Salud       y Desarrollo Humano (HDP)" <[log in to unmask]>                                                                 Sent by: "Equidad, Salud y Desarrollo.           Divisižn de Salud y Desarrollo Humano (HDP)"           <[log in to unmask]>                                                                 To: [log in to unmask]                                                                 cc: (bcc: Dennis Raphael/Atkinson)                                                                                                                                                                                               Subject: WHO article: Poverty and health sector inequalities                                                               
Poverty and health sector inequalities Adam Wagstaff Bulletin of the World Health Organization February, 2002; 80:97-105 Based on: Wagstaff A. Poverty and health (CMH Working Paper Series, Paper No. WG1: 5. Available at: URL: www.cmhealth.org/wg1_paper5.pdf). WHO Bulletin: http://www.who.int/bulletin/pdf/2002/bul-2-E-2002/80(2)97-105.pdf "......... Poverty and ill-health are intertwined. Poor countries tend to have worse health outcomes than better-off countries. Within countries, poor people have worse health outcomes than better-off people. This association reflects causality running in both directions: poverty breeds ill-health, and ill-health keeps poor people poor. The evidence on inequalities in health between the poor and non-poor and on the consequences for impoverishment and income inequality associated with health care expenses is discussed in this article. An outline is given of what is known about the causes of inequalities and about the effectiveness of policies intended to combat them. It is argued that too little is known about the impacts of such policies, notwithstanding a wealth of measurement techniques and considerable evidence on the extent and causes of inequalities........"   _____ PAHO/WHO Website: http://www.paho.org/English/HDP/equidad-list-about.htm <http://www.paho.org/English/HDP/equidad-list-about.htm> EQUIDAD List - Archives: http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html <http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html>

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