Category: Volume 10, Number 1

Evan Lyon and Vivek Maru Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008   Health and Human Rights is especially concerned, as Paul Farmer states in his introductory essay on “challenging orthodoxies,” with “human rights in the doing.” The “Practice” section of this journal is dedicated to the voices and experience of the doers, that is, to the grit and the grain of practical efforts to advance social and economic…

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Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008   Health and Human Rights is especially concerned, as Paul Farmer states in his introductory essay on “challenging orthodoxies,” with “human rights in the doing.” The “Practice” section of this journal is dedicated to the voices and experience of the doers, that is, to the grit and the grain of practical efforts to advance social and economic rights. In the United States,…

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 Armando De Negri Filho Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008   Abstract Approaching health as a basic human right has a profound impact on the way we treat it politically. Viewing health as a public good — with both individual and collective dimensions — shapes the nature of health policies. The concept of a right to health can be used to formulate policies, organize systems and services, and…

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 Armando De Negri Filho Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008   Abstract Approaching health as a basic human right has a profound impact on the way we treat it politically. Viewing health as a public good — with both individual and collective dimensions — shapes the nature of health policies. The concept of a right to health can be used to formulate policies, organize systems and services, and…

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Paul Hunt  and Gunilla Backman Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008   Abstract The right to the highest attainable standard of health should be the cornerstone of any consideration of health and human rights.1 The content of this fundamental human right is now sufficiently well understood to be applied in an operational, systematic, and sustained manner. At the heart of the right to the highest attainable standard of…

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Paul Hunt  and Gunilla Backman Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008   Abstract The right to the highest attainable standard of health should be the cornerstone of any consideration of health and human rights.1 The content of this fundamental human right is now sufficiently well understood to be applied in an operational, systematic, and sustained manner. At the heart of the right to the highest attainable standard of…

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Leslie London Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008   Abstract A human rights approach to health is critical to address growing global health inequalities. Three aspects of the nature of health as a right are relevant to shaping a human rights approach to health: 1) the indivisibility of civil and political rights, and socio-economic rights; 2) active agency by those vulnerable to human rights violations; and 3) the…

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Leslie London Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008   Abstract A human rights approach to health is critical to address growing global health inequalities. Three aspects of the nature of health as a right are relevant to shaping a human rights approach to health: 1) the indivisibility of civil and political rights, and socio-economic rights; 2) active agency by those vulnerable to human rights violations; and 3) the…

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Will we take suffering seriously? Reflections on what applying a human rights framework to health means and why we should care1   Alicia Ely Yamin Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008 Abstract Since this journal was first published, rights-based approaches to health have proliferated in the health and development communities. At the same time, human rights advocacy organizations, courts, and UN actors have increasingly been engaged in applying…

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Abstract – Will we take suffering seriously? Reflections on what applying a human rights framework to health means and why we should care1   Alicia Ely Yamin Abstract Since this journal was first published, rights-based approaches to health have proliferated in the health and development communities. At the same time, human rights advocacy organizations, courts, and UN actors have increasingly been engaged in applying rights norms in health contexts. Together…

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