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…
Land security and the challenges of realizing the human right to water and sanitation in the slums of Mumbai, India
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…
Human rights and health systems development: Confronting the politics of exclusion and the economics of inequality
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…
Abstract – Human rights and health systems development: Confronting the politics of exclusion and the economics of inequality
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…
Abstract – Technology, conflict early warning systems, public health, and human rights
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…
Technology, conflict early warning systems, public health, and human rights
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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Abstract – Associations between human rights environments and healthy longevity: The case of older persons in China
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…
Associations between human rights environments and healthy longevity: The case of older persons in China
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…
Abstract – Access to health care for undocumented migrants from a human rights perspective: A comparative study of Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands
Dan Biswas, Brigit Toebes, Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher, Marie Norredam Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Background Undocumented migrants’ access to health care varies across Europe, and entitlements on national levels are often at odds with the rights stated in international human rights law. The aim of this study is to address undocumented migrants’ access to health care in Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands from a human…
Access to health care for undocumented migrants from a human rights perspective: A comparative study of Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands
Dan Biswas, Brigit Toebes, Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher, Marie Norredam Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Background Undocumented migrants’ access to health care varies across Europe, and entitlements on national levels are often at odds with the rights stated in international human rights law. The aim of this study is to address undocumented migrants’ access to health care in Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands from a human…