Jonathan Kenneth Burns Health and Human Rights 11/2 Published December 2009 Abstract Mental disability and mental health care have been neglected in the discourse around health, human rights, and equality. This is perplexing as mental disabilities are pervasive, affecting approximately 8% of the world’s population. Furthermore, the experience of persons with mental disability is one characterized by multiple interlinked levels of inequality and discrimination within society. Efforts directed toward…
Abstract – Shades of dignity: Exploring the demands of equality in applying human rights frameworks to health
Alicia Ely Yamin Health and Human Rights 11/2 Published December 2009 The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges. — Anatole France Abstract The foundational principle of human rights is that all human beings are equal in rights, dignity, and worth. Yet we live in a world ravaged by social inequalities both within and between countries, which have profound…
Shades of dignity: Exploring the demands of equality in applying human rights frameworks to health
Alicia Ely Yamin Health and Human Rights 11/2 Published December 2009 The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges. — Anatole France Abstract The foundational principle of human rights is that all human beings are equal in rights, dignity, and worth. Yet we live in a world ravaged by social inequalities both within and between countries, which have profound…
Essential surgery: Integral to the right to health
K. A. Kelly McQueen, Doruk Ozgediz, Robert Riviello, Renee Hsia, Sudha Jayaraman, Stephen R. Sullivan, John Meara Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract In a rights-based approach to health, the provision of essential surgical services is not a luxury, but a critical component of the “highest attainable standard of health.” Yet while access to select basic health care interventions has increasingly been discussed as part of the…
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Abstract – Essential surgery: Integral to the right to health
K. A. Kelly McQueen, Doruk Ozgediz, Robert Riviello, Renee Hsia, Sudha Jayaraman, Stephen R. Sullivan, John Meara Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract In a rights-based approach to health, the provision of essential surgical services is not a luxury, but a critical component of the “highest attainable standard of health.” Yet while access to select basic health care interventions has increasingly been discussed as part of the…
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Abstract – Partnership, sex, and marginalization: Moving the Global Fund sexual orientation and gender identities agenda
Andy Seale, Anurita Bains, and Sam Avrett Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract After almost three decades of work to address HIV and AIDS, resources are still failing to adequately address the needs of the most affected and marginalized groups in many societies. In recognition of this ongoing failure, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has approved a sexual orientation and…
Partnership, sex, and marginalization: Moving the Global Fund sexual orientation and gender identities agenda
Andy Seale, Anurita Bains, and Sam Avrett Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract After almost three decades of work to address HIV and AIDS, resources are still failing to adequately address the needs of the most affected and marginalized groups in many societies. In recognition of this ongoing failure, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has approved a sexual orientation and…
Holding the World Bank accountable for leakage of funds from Africa’s health sector
Fatma E. Marouf Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract This article explores the accountability of international financial institutions (IFIs), such as the World Bank, for human rights violations related to the massive leakage of funds from sub-Saharan Africa’s health sector. The article begins by summarizing the quantitative results of Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys performed in six African countries, all showing disturbingly high levels of leakage in the…
A one-time-only combination: Emergency medicine exports under Canada’s access to medicines regime
Ashley Weber and Lisa Mills Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract In 2008, a Canadian generic pharmaceutical firm, Apotex Inc. (Apotex), shipped 7 million doses of antiretroviral drugs to Rwanda for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. While this event may be seen as a positive outcome of international patent changes that facilitate the fulfillment of health as a human right, the fact that there has been only one…
Abstract – A one-time-only combination: Emergency medicine exports under Canada’s access to medicines regime
Ashley Weber and Lisa Mills Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract In 2008, a Canadian generic pharmaceutical firm, Apotex Inc. (Apotex), shipped 7 million doses of antiretroviral drugs to Rwanda for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. While this event may be seen as a positive outcome of international patent changes that facilitate the fulfillment of health as a human right, the fact that there has been only one…