Macroeconomics and health -- Morrow 325 (7355): 53 -- BMJ

Macroeconomics and health -- Morrow 325 (7355): 53 -- BMJ: "Macroeconomics and health

Despite shortcomings the plans in this report deserve strong support

Macroeconomics and Health, a provocative report from the World Health Organization, is a dramatic call for action from both rich countries and poor countries.1 The report emphasises the linkage of avoidable disease to poverty and argues that investments in health are fundamental to and perhaps a prerequisite for economic development. The report proposes a massive increase in funding for health in the poor countries, with a fivefold increase in support from wealthy countries and at least a doubling from the poor countries themselves."