向第三世界国家提供卫生保健方面的援助,是欧洲共同体(以下简称欧共体)向第三世界提供援助的重点领域之一。1963—1969年期间,欧共体向第三世界提供卫生保健的援款为4840万欧洲货币单位;1980—1985年间,援款增至1.257亿欧洲货币单位。60年代和70年代,欧共体卫生保健拨款的90%用于兴建医院和提供医疗设备,特别是在 Providing health care to Third World countries is one of the priority areas for the European Community (hereinafter referred to as the European Community) to provide assistance to the Third World. During the period 1963-1969, the EC’s assistance to provide health care to the Third World was 48.4 million ECUs. From 1980-1985, the amount of aid increased to 125.7 million ECUs. In the 1960s and 1970s, 90 per cent of the EC’s funding for health care was spent on building hospitals and providing medical equipment, especially at