By Emma Innes PUBLISHED: 12:50 EST, 29 April 2013 | UPDATED: 12:52 EST, 29 April 2013 Austerity is driving suicide, depression, and the spread of infectious disease Austerity is devastating the health of people in Europe and North America by driving suicide, depression, and the spread of infectious disease, according to new research. It is also reducing access to medicines and care which is further affecting people’s health, the study suggests. The authors, Oxford University political economist Dr David Stuckler and Dr Sanjay Basu, an assistant professor of medicine and an epidemiologist at Stanford University, said their findings show austerity is seriously bad for health.
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Austerity reduced access to medicines and health care in Europe and U.S
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10,000 suicides and a million depression cases can be blamed on austerity
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In Greece, HIV rates increased 200% since 2011 because of budget cuts
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Greece had first malaria outbreak for decades due mosquito spraying cuts
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Five million Americans lost access to health care during recession
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In Britain, 10,000 families are now homeless because of austerity budget
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