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Citation

Eriksson A. Nurs. Health Sci. 2007; 9(4): 243-245.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00339.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Disasters occur not only in war and conflict or after natural events, such as earthquakes or floods. In fact, the death of hundreds of thousands of children in Niger every year, often for treatable conditions, could just as well qualify as a disaster situation. A lack of funding for health care and health-care staff and user fee policies for health care in very poor or unstable settings challenge international agreements that make statements about the right to health and access to health care for all people. This paper argues that although sustainable development is important, today many are without essential health care and die in the silent disasters of hunger and poverty. In other words, the development of health care appears to be stalled for the sake of sustainability.

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