The Real Determinants of Health

This study examines and elucidates the real determinants of health in lower-income countries. It challenges the widely-held view that income inequalities, globalisation and economic growth are the causes of ill health, disease and poverty. In fact, policies that seek to improve health by reducing inequality through the redistribution of wealth will be counterproductive, because they will undermine wealth creation and prosperity – the most significant determinants of health.