Day: August 14, 2013

by Kathy Wang   Health Equity, Social Justice, and Human Rights Ann Taket Routledge (June 2012) ISBN 9780415613750 224 pages $48.95 In Health Equity, Social Justice, and Human Rights, Ann Taket explains the importance of linking health and human rights, and how combining these concepts into a human rights framework can support public health and health advocacy efforts. Taket first describes and analyzes global, regional, national, and subnational human rights…

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Jane E. Cohen and Joseph  J. Amon Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Acute and chronic lead poisoning is occurring throughout China and is a major cause of childhood morbidity. The Chinese government’s emphasis on industrial development and poverty reduction has, over the past three decades, decreased by 500 million the number of people surviving on less than one dollar per day, but has caused significant environmental…

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Jane E. Cohen and Joseph  J. Amon Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Acute and chronic lead poisoning is occurring throughout China and is a major cause of childhood morbidity. The Chinese government’s emphasis on industrial development and poverty reduction has, over the past three decades, decreased by 500 million the number of people surviving on less than one dollar per day, but has caused significant environmental…

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Sharmila L. Murthy Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Addressing the human right to water and sanitation in the slums of Mumbai, India requires disentangling the provision of basic services from a more complicated set of questions around land security and land ownership. Millions of slum-dwellers in Mumbai lack adequate access to safe drinking water and sanitation, which places them at risk for waterborne diseases. Many slums…

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Sharmila L. Murthy Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Addressing the human right to water and sanitation in the slums of Mumbai, India requires disentangling the provision of basic services from a more complicated set of questions around land security and land ownership. Millions of slum-dwellers in Mumbai lack adequate access to safe drinking water and sanitation, which places them at risk for waterborne diseases. Many slums…

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Duncan Maru and Paul Farmer Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract The social movements of the last two decades have fostered a rights-based approach to health systems development within the global discourse on national and international health governance. In this piece, we discuss ongoing challenges in the cavernous “implementation gap ”— translating legislative victories for human rights into actual practice and delivery. Using accompaniment as an underlying…

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Duncan Maru and Paul Farmer Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract The social movements of the last two decades have fostered a rights-based approach to health systems development within the global discourse on national and international health governance. In this piece, we discuss ongoing challenges in the cavernous “implementation gap ”— translating legislative victories for human rights into actual practice and delivery. Using accompaniment as an underlying…

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Phuong N. Pham, Patrick Vinck Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Public health and conflict early warning are evolving rapidly in response to technology changes for the gathering, management, analysis and communication of data. It is expected that these changes will provide an unprecedented ability to monitor, detect, and respond to crises. One of the potentially most profound and lasting expected change affects the roles of the…

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Phuong N. Pham, Patrick Vinck Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Public health and conflict early warning are evolving rapidly in response to technology changes for the gathering, management, analysis and communication of data. It is expected that these changes will provide an unprecedented ability to monitor, detect, and respond to crises. One of the potentially most profound and lasting expected change affects the roles of the…

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Bethany L. Brown, Li Qiu, and Danan Gu Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Individual health can deteriorate through neglect or violation of human rights or can improve through favorable health policies and programs on human rights. Yet quantitative associations between human rights and health are insufficiently studied. Based on a nationwide dataset of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) with more than 18,800 adults aged…

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