The phrase "avert poverty" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or measures taken to prevent or reduce poverty in a community or society.
Example: "The government implemented new policies aimed to avert poverty and improve living conditions for low-income families."
Alternatives: "prevent poverty" or "combat poverty".
Including catastrophic care cover in the BHI would have the additional advantage of improving the effectiveness of the BHI in ensuring access to needed health care and averting poverty, while removing the deductible or the coinsurance may come with the disadvantage of increasing consumer moral hazard.
We estimated FRP using two different metrics: cases of CHE averted and cases of poverty averted.
We estimated financial risk protection (FRP) from the policy as (1) cases of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) averted or (2) cases of poverty averted.
But he has always seemed constitutionally inclined to worry more about averting bad things (poverty, inequality and so on) than about making good things happen.
As representatives of the world's largest and wealthiest economies, G20 leadership is vital if we are to successfully reduce the global disease burden, lift millions out of poverty and avert billions of dollars in economic and social costs.
"He averted my death from poverty, which was very good of him," said Zaltzman.
European governments hope that the effect of economic stimulus programs and the return of at least timid growth will kick in at that stage, saving many households from poverty and averting a potential double-dip recession due to depressed demand.
We also tested the sensitivity of poverty cases averted to two lower poverty lines, US$366 and US$533 per person monthly (Statistics South Africa 2008).
Under these assumptions, the policy reduced the poverty cases averted by 56 and 53%, respectively (baseline poverty rates of 22.7 and 10.5%, respectively).
