Dying for Change aims to illuminate from a human, qualitative perspective what many quantitative studies have already recorded: how poverty creates ill- health, and how ill- health leads to poverty. It also highlights the link between good health and economic survival. One of the strongest messages to emerge from the study is that poor people are angry and frustrated at their exclusion. They understand why they are ill and why they are poor, and often have ideas about what can be done. But the majority are ignored and marginalized by those with power, including health service
authorities.

- Introduction
- Part I: Health, ill-health and poverty
- Part II: Reflections and implications

As good health is crucial to protect the family from poverty, so better health is central to poverty reduction. Improving the health of the poor must become a priority, not only for public health but also for other sectors of development - economic, environmental and social.