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What do we mean by ' major illness'?

The need for new approaches to research on the impact of ill-health on poverty

Henry Lucas
Ding Shijun
Gerald Bloom
2010

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The authors acknowledge the scientific support extended by colleagues in the project ‘Protecting the rural poor against the economic consequences of major illness: a challenge for Asian transitional economies (POVILL)’, funded by a four year grant from the European Union Commission under FP6. Ten institutions were involved in this three country project: Center for Advanced Study, Cambodia; China Health Economics Institute; Institute of Social Development, Beijing Normal University, China; Institute of Development Studies, UK; Karolinska Institute, Sweden; National Institute of Public Health, Cambodia; National Institute of Public Health, Lao PDR; Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium; West China Center of Medical Sciences, Sichuan University, China; and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China.

Support was also provided by colleagues from 'Future Health Systems: Innovations for equity', a research programme consortium funded by the UK Department for International Development (Grant # H050474), The consortium includes researchers from China Health Economics Institute; ICDDR,B, Bangladesh; Indian Institute of Health Management Research; Institute of Development Studies, UK; Institute of Public Health, Makerere University, Uganda; Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA; and University of Ibadan College of Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Nigeria.

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