He is in poor health.

Poor health prohibited him from traveling.

Poor accessibility of health facilities and services.

It follows that poverty, meaning poor socio economic conditions, poor living conditions (housing and accommodation, work and general environment) and an unhealthy way of life influence directly a nation and its health potential.

My family's poor, my area don't have better health care.

In countries where poor health is common, labour productivity suffers.

Ministry of Health, general health indicators, 2001.

They still carry the scars of malnutrition, inadequate education and poor health.

The Social Safety Net Program provides the poor with free health services at government health centers and hospitals and makes available supplementary food to children under five and pregnant lactating women in poor villages.

Today, vast differences remain in reproductive health status between rich and poor countries.

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Violence against women is significantly correlated with a wide range of poor health outcomes.

Poor health and nutrition in the early years of life perpetuate the cycle of poverty and intergenerational under achievement for poor families and societies.

Poor hygiene, sanitation and water exacerbate poverty by reducing productivity and elevating health care costs.

Some Parties indicated that climate change impacts on human health will be exacerbated by existing poor conditions arising from insufficient potable water, low governmental budget for health, and environmental degradation, especially in marginal areas which are home to the poor.

Some NGO s and Chernobyl charities have responded with disbelief, citing as evidence the general population s admittedly poor health. Opponents of nuclear power have suggested that self interest has compromised the Chernobyl Forum s integrity.

There was a direct link between the health of ecosystems and food security, improved health, asset building, risk reduction and more secure lives for the poor.

The Programme aims to promote adolescent health standards through health education on health related issues in general, and on reproductive health in particular.

The health development plan also uncovered the weakness of national health care coverage (32 per cent), entailing poor health care management, with only one doctor for more than 75,000 inhabitants, whereas the World Health Organization (WHO) norm is one doctor for 1,000 inhabitants.

On even days, however, my bottom line is very different. America s poor in 1979 lagged so far behind normal OECD social democracies in terms of health and health care that even though each extra dollar produced only 0.25 of real health care services, that 0.25 was worth about one dollar to the poor in terms of material wellbeing.

On Medicaid if you're fairly poor you get Medicaid, or if you have health insurance insulin is pretty straightforward.

Teenage pregnancy is a common occurrence, and it is the consequence of the youth's poor knowledge of reproductive health.

Teenage pregnancy is a common occurrence, and it is the consequence of the youth's poor knowledge of reproductive health.

The elderly have an especially great problem with health care who are, beside their poor financial state, additionally limited in their approach to health care because of the inadequate public transportation.

It is time to make good on a basic global commitment that everybody, poor and rich alike should have access to basic health services. If just 0.1 of rich world income were devoted to life saving health care for the poor, it would be possible to raise life expectancy, decrease child mortality, save mothers in childbirth, slow population growth, and spur economic development throughout the poor world.

A number of public private partnerships have been established in the last decade to address the health needs of the poor.

If the health of the population is one factor to characterize a society as poor or rich, then we can say that the state of health corresponds to the degree of economic development.

So how does one go about building the interacting capabilities that address poverty, ignorance, and poor health while avoiding too much redundancy?

Discrimination and exclusion result in poverty, low literacy levels and poor health, and make these groups particularly vulnerable in the labour market.

In general, remittances tend to benefit poor segments of the population in recipient countries.

Improved general health status and reproductive patterns, together with access to appropriate general and specialized health care, have greatly reduced the incidence of maternal mortality in the last century.

The lack of cultural sensitivity on the part of women's health care providers toward the rural recipient, remains an issue in rural communities, and continues to threaten the cost of effective women's health care, and contributes to a higher risk of poor health among women.

The general point is this Governments have a unique role to play to ensure that all young members of a generation poor children as well as rich ones have a chance. A poor kid is unlikely to break free of his or her parents poverty without strong and effective government programs that support high quality education, health care, and decent nutrition.

In May 2002, in the framework of the national health policy for 1997 2002, General Health Act No. 423 was adopted.

Of particular concern for long term stability is the 70 per cent poverty rate, high unemployment among youths, the poor quality of public service delivery, such as health and education, and the general perception that public institutions are failing to deliver services because of corruption.

But poor countries are capable of establishing effective public health programs rapidly when they are helped. Recent success stories have been made possible through a combination of increased spending from poor countries budgets, supplemented by aid from rich country donors.

In addition, lack of access to basic services, such as education and health care, limits the opportunities available to poor people, while social exclusion and lack of a voice prevent poor people from fully participating in decisions that affect their lives.

1.45 Insufficient project funding for school construction and upgrading of camp infrastructure contributes to overcrowded schoolrooms, poor environmental health conditions and dilapidation of refugee shelters.

Countries experiencing the greatest challenges are often characterized by weak and inequitable health and nutrition systems and services and poor governance, as in complex emergencies.

b. Continuation of one extrabudgetary General Service post for after service health insurance

Had Benin studied the Committee's general recommendation No. 24 which provided a wide definition of women's health going well beyond reproductive and maternal health?

Health is a strong entry point for poverty reduction, and alleviating the disease burden on the poor will contribute to the improvement of their social status.

The health of indigenous peoples presented a troubling picture they suffered from high morbidity rates, epidemiological risks, poor sanitary conditions and, in many cases, nutritional imbalances.

Conclusion of partnership agreements among governmental and non governmental institutions to distribute the tasks of providing integrated community and health services for poor or migrant families

My wish is that TED assist us in our work and help us to build a high quality rural health system in a poor country, Rwanda, that can be a model for Africa, and indeed, for any poor country anywhere in the world.