Issues

Claire Lougarre Abstract Five years ago, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on universal health coverage, followed a year later by a resolution from the United Nations General Assembly. In these resolutions, states promised to deliver…

Dainius Puras In 1978, the Alma-Ata Declaration established a bold plan for global health action and social justice, identifying primary health care as the lynchpin for achieving health for all.[1] Several years later, the Ottawa Charter for Health…

Toby Freeman, Fran Baum, Angela Lawless, Ronald Labonté, David Sanders, John Boffa, Tahnia Edwards, and Sara Javanparast Abstract Universal health coverage provides a framework to achieve health services coverage but does not articulate the model…

Alex Voorhoeve, Tessa T.T. Edejer, Lydia Kapiriri, Ole F. Norheim, James Snowden, Olivier Basenya, Dorjsuren Bayarsaikhan, Ikram Chentaf, Nir Eyal, Amanda Folsom, Rozita Halina Tun Hussein, Cristian Morales, Florian Ostmann, Trygve Ottersen, Phusit…

Lindsey Dyer Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract  This article provides the background to an analysis of the Human Rights in Healthcare Programme in England and Wales. Using evidence from source materials,…

Jeannie Samuel and Ariel Frisancho Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract  This paper discusses a human rights-based initiative developed in Puno, Peru, in which indigenous women seek to address problems with…

Gillian MacNaughton, Fiona Haigh, Mariah McGill, Konstantinos Koutsioumpas, and Courtenay Sprague Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract In 2010, Vermont adopted a new law embracing human rights principles as…

Jashodhara Dasgupta, Y. K. Sandhya, Samantha Lobis, Pravesh Verma, and Marta Schaaf Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract  My Health, My Voice is a human rights-based project that pilots the use of technology to…

Fanny Polet, Geraldine Malaise, Anuschka Mahieu, Eulalia Utrera, Jovita Montes, Rosalinda Tablang, Andrew Aytin, Erick Kambale, Sylvie Luzala, Daoud al-Ghoul, Ranin Ahed Darkhawaja, Roxana Maria Rodriguez, Margarita Posada, Wim de Ceukelaire, and Pol de…

Diederik Lohman and Joseph Amon Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract  Palliative care has been defined as care that is person-centered and attentive to physical symptoms and psychological, social, and…