The aim of this review is to investigate the link between poverty and health, as well as the effect of poverty on the health of individuals. The impact of poverty on health has been shown through different developing periods of human beings in a lifelong perspective. Poverty has the most adverse effect on children since children are facing a range of problems, manifested in their physical and mental health, and their cognitive abilities. The children are of poorer physical health and have frequently more emotional and behavioural disorders, learning problems and are keen to act riskier. Children are at risk of dropping out of the education system, which leads to lower paid jobs that have a higher risk of being detrimental for their health. Poorer parents cope with poor mental and physical health, but also higher levels of stress and frustration, which negatively affect family relationships. Due to the low level of education, poor parents do not often have the material means to purchase the necessary medicines for their children. Parents that live in poverty use more violent punishments that can cause poor mental health in their children. Poverty in general leads to more frequent cardiovascular diseases, addictions, mental disorders, diabetes, asthma, various injuries and malignant diseases. To address this issue, it is necessary to develop an approach which will provide the quality and available service to the people that live in poverty.Key words: poverty, health, child poverty, age differences, wellfare