PHA-Exchange> OECD/WHO - Poverty and health guidelines

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> Poverty and health guidelines
>
>
> The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and WHO
> have recently jointly
> published Poverty and Health in the Development Assistance Committee -
> DAC Guidelines and Reference Series.
>

> For more information on the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) please
> visit:
>  <http://www.oecd.org/EN/about/0,,EN-about-notheme-2-no-no-no-0,00.html>

> Guidelines at:
>
http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-notheme-2-no-15-40344-0,00.ht
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> In Spanish: http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00040000/M00040357.pdf
>
> In Portuguese: http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00040000/M00040720.pdf
>

> This DAC Reference Document dedicated to health and poverty in developing
> countries expands on the DAC Guidelines on Poverty Reduction and provides
a
> set of policy recommendations to a broad range of development agency staff
> working on policy and operations. It provides a framework for action
within
> the health system, and beyond it, through policies in other sectors and
> through global initiatives.
>
> In developing counties, breaking the vicious cycle of poverty and ill
health
> is an essential condition for economic development.
>
>
> This document outlines a pro-poor health approach that:
> *         Gives priority to promoting, protecting and improving the health
> of the poor
>
> *         Includes the development of pro-poor health systems, with
> equitable financing mechanisms
>
> *         Encompasses policies in areas that have a crucial impact on the
> health of poor people (education, nutrition, water and sanitation)
>
> *         Is integrated in country-led poverty reduction strategies and
> health sector programmes
>
> Takes into account global public goods and policy coherence concerns,
> including health surveillance, R&D in poverty-related diseases, trade
policy
> issues regarding drugs and vaccines, and migration.