Public Health
WHO finds bad health linked to poverty
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 3rd, 2002
The report covering 51 countries in the agency's European sphere and 870 million people concluded that while the overall levels of health are among the highest in the world, gaps were widening among the countries.
"All major determinants of health are linked to social and economic factors," said Marc Danzon, WHO's regional director as he presented the WHO's European Health Report, which is published every 2 years.
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