Joining the Fight against Poverty: Open Invitation from the International Poverty and Health Network to All Health Professionals

Open invitation from the International Poverty and Health Network to all health professionals.

Always and everywhere, the challenge for all health professionals is to understand, from a position of relative comfort, the nature and extent of the problems faced by the poor, the marginalised, and the vulnerable. 1 Understanding , once even partially achieved, creates empathy and a responsibility to advocate for redress. The International Poverty and Health Network (IPHN) was created in Dece...

An open invitation from the International Poverty and Health Network to all health professionals to combat poverty.

Setting the agenda for change in the new millennium: an open invitation from the International Poverty and Health Network to all health professionals.

The Poverty and Mental Health Association in Iran

T his study investigates the impact of poverty, which is the direct effect of recent economic changes, on Iranians mental health to shed more light on the poverty and mental health nexus in developing countries. For the purpose of this study, we examine the existence of a possible association between poverty and mental health in urban districts of Iran by applying a double hurdle app...

Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programmes A Sourcebook for Health Professionals Foundational Module on Poverty

WHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Integrating poverty and gender into health programmes: a sourcebook for health professionals: foundational module on poverty. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, t...