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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.
General Analysis on Health, Poverty and Development
World Hunger
Tables and Charts on Health Poverty and Development
Links and Resources on Health, Poverty and Development
