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The role of better health in socio-economic development has long been argued, as has the need for getting other development sectors to contribute to health development. However, as illustrated below, considerable tension has existed throughout public health history between those who believe that improving health is the key to pulling people out of their misery, and those who argue the contrary, namely, that people need to be economically and socially better-off before they can aspire to better health.
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Litsios, S. (2005). The Health, Poverty, and Development Merry-Go-Round. In: Gunn, S.W.A., Mansourian, P.B., Davies, A.M., Piel, A., Sayers, B.M. (eds) Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24103-5_2
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