http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/12/06/uncategorized/dollars-sense-and-dr-ichiro-kawachi-on-inequalities-of-health-wealth/ An Alternative to Corporate Health (founded in 2004) Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:12:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/12/06/uncategorized/dollars-sense-and-dr-ichiro-kawachi-on-inequalities-of-health-wealth/#comment-146 Margarita Sarishvili Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:18:15 +0000 http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=724#comment-146 It is good to see the Black Report in prespective with the relationship between health and wealth - and coming from a country that is suppose to have been developed with the help of international organisations - Georgia. It is clear to it me that everything is relative - and instead of bridging the gap between the have and have nots - it has has actually widened and people are less healthy than before. At the same time millions of dollars in developmental aid pours into the country with a political agenda attached - unfortunately development is not to reduce income inequalities and improving living standards but serves as a poltiical payoff to those that support the foreign policy of the country that provides in the money (at least in most instances) It is good to see the Black Report in prespective with the relationship between health and wealth – and coming from a country that is suppose to have been developed with the help of international organisations – Georgia. It is clear to it me that everything is relative – and instead of bridging the gap between the have and have nots – it has has actually widened and people are less healthy than before. At the same time millions of dollars in developmental aid pours into the country with a political agenda attached – unfortunately development is not to reduce income inequalities and improving living standards but serves as a poltiical payoff to those that support the foreign policy of the country that provides in the money (at least in most instances)

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