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Health, Poverty and Development
Picture Credit: World Food Programme, Vanessa Vick Health experts, economists and international development advocates cite the inextricable link between poor health, poverty and under-development. Global health has increasingly moved to the forefront of the international development agenda since the UN Secretary General commissioned the Millennium Project in 2002. HIV/AIDS remains a major problem, with 38.6 million infected people worldwide according to UNAIDS. Other pressing issues especially in the global south include malaria, tuberculosis, and reproductive health. These challenges are exacerbated by hunger, unclean water, and lack of sanitation, each of which make humans more susceptible to disease. Inadequate health standards cause suffering not only for individuals but can also lead to conflict and social unrest. Bacteria grow increasingly resistant to antibiotics, so diseases and their carriers adapt to measures intended to impede their spread. Furthermore, new and emerging diseases such as avian flu and SARS threaten to travel quickly across borders, affecting the rich as well as the poor worldwide. This page addresses the manner that the cycle of poverty, health and development affects political, social, and economic issues on a global scale.
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Poverty, Debt and Development
General Analysis on Health, Poverty and Development
This page addresses the manner that the cycle of poverty, health and development affects political, social, and economic issues on a global scale.AIDS and Hunger
This page posts articles, reports and other information on AIDS as a cause of hunger.World Hunger
This section looks at world hunger and economic, environmental, health and security-related root causes of hunger. The section also focuses the lack of funding for hunger emergencies and other challenges of food aid.Tables and Charts on Health Poverty and Development
This page provides maps and data on health, poverty and development.Links and Resources on Health, Poverty and Development
This page links to other web resources on health, poverty and development.
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