Improving public health is a fundamental precondition to ensure human development.

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Improving public health is a fundamental precondition to ensure human development.

The importance of health for economic growth and reduction of poverty is reflected in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Three out of the eight goals refer directly to health. One additional goal refers to access to affordable drugs in developing countries. To ensure universal and equitable access to quality health services, governments must earmark a sufficient share of public revenues for health. While most rich countries spend at least 5% of GDP on health, many developing countries spend less than half of this .
Insufficient health budgets due to deteriorating economic conditions, combined with burgeoning health problems such as the global HIV-AIDS pandemic, have led to a shortage of drug and medical supplies, inadequate or non-payment of health workers salaries, poor quality of care, and inequitable health care services in many low income and transition countries. The result has been deterioration of general health and an increasing degree of corruption at all levels of the health system