It is commonly said that poverty is a disease. In what can be called a confirmation of this popular slogan, the World Health Organization in its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems declared that poverty is a behavioural disease. Wao! Are poor people really insane? Any proof for such claims? What are the causes and effects of poverty? Can poverty be prevented, or eradicated or even merely alleviated? If no, then why and if yes, then how?

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