The relation between health and poverty is double edged with ill health leading
to poverty and poverty breeding ill health. There is an urgent need to
understand the linkages between poor health, poverty and development so as to
make any dent in this vicious cycle which not only impinges on the health but
also has major bearing on socio-economic and political well being of nations.
The need of the hour is to identify the inequalities in development and involve
all the development sectors in the efforts towards eradication of poverty and in
health development.