f all the different types of health inequalities that have been documented, such as male–female, urban–rural, or the variations in health across ethnic groups, the largest health gap is between the rich and the poor [1]. Today PLoS Medicine publishes a special collection of articles that aims to highlight the profound influence of poverty upon health and to debate the most effective mechanisms to redress health disparities between the “haves” and “have-nots.”
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