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Poverty, Disparities, Disasters and Global Burden of Disease
Author(s) -
Nicogossian Arnauld,
Kloiber Otmar,
Zimmerman Thomas,
Stabile Bonnie,
Thomas Kevin,
Terbush James W.,
Doarn Charles R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world medical and health policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1948-4682
DOI - 10.1515/1948-4682.1231
Subject(s) - poverty , natural disaster , health equity , development economics , economic growth , global health , environmental health , political science , health care , medicine , geography , economics , meteorology
The world socio‐economic situation contributes to increasing poverty, disparities and poor accces to health. Rising poverty levels and disparities continue to slow, and in some cases negate, the hard won achievement in global health. Natural disasters are also on the rise, killing people, destroying services, communities and medical infrastructure, and further exacerbating the plight of the poor and already medically underserved populations. A more efficient use, collaboration and integration of national and international medical and health resources and services will help improve health in vulnerable populations.