Abstract – Unexpected agency: Participation as a bargaining chip for the poor

Clara Rubincam and Scott Naysmith Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009 Abstract Populations in the developing world that are targeted for disease eradication programs are commonly seen as passive recipients of international aid. Poor people can, however, “participate” in these interventions in unexpected ways. In the absence of traditional sources of leverage, some marginalized people have used their one remaining form of influence ­ — their noncompliance in public…

Unexpected agency: Participation as a bargaining chip for the poor

Clara Rubincam and Scott Naysmith Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009 Abstract Populations in the developing world that are targeted for disease eradication programs are commonly seen as passive recipients of international aid. Poor people can, however, “participate” in these interventions in unexpected ways. In the absence of traditional sources of leverage, some marginalized people have used their one remaining form of influence ­ — their noncompliance in public…

Abstract – HIV/AIDS in Cuba: A rights-based analysis

Tim Anderson Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009 Abstract The common assertion that Cuba’s achievements in HIV/AIDS control have come at a cost in human rights is reinforced by US hostility toward its small neighbor. Nevertheless, a rights-based analysis may be one useful way of examining the actual Cuban experience. By reference to the United Nation’s Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, this paper examines the Cuban experience as…

HIV/AIDS in Cuba: A rights-based analysis

Tim Anderson Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009 Abstract The common assertion that Cuba’s achievements in HIV/AIDS control have come at a cost in human rights is reinforced by US hostility toward its small neighbor. Nevertheless, a rights-based analysis may be one useful way of examining the actual Cuban experience. By reference to the United Nation’s Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, this paper examines the Cuban experience as…

Abstract – Global goes local: Integrating human rights principles into a county health care reform project

Roslyn Solomon Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009 Abstract In the United States, city and county governments are often responsible for implementing health policies and programs on behalf of state and federal governments. However, local jurisdictions have generally not capitalized on their own expertise or on local knowledge to advocate rights-based health care reform. Working with local public health officials to develop a rights-based health care reform advocacy plan…

Global goes local: Integrating human rights principles into a county health care reform project

Roslyn Solomon Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009 Abstract In the United States, city and county governments are often responsible for implementing health policies and programs on behalf of state and federal governments. However, local jurisdictions have generally not capitalized on their own expertise or on local knowledge to advocate rights-based health care reform. Working with local public health officials to develop a rights-based health care reform advocacy plan…

Abstract – Witnesses to Hunger: Participation through photovoice to ensure the right to food

Mariana Chilton, Jenny Rabinowich, Christina Council, and Jennifer Breaux Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009 When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.1 Abstract Currently 30.2 percent of female-headed households with children in the United States experience food insecurity, defined as the lack of access to enough food for an active and healthy life. In 2007, approximately 12.4 million children…

Witnesses to hunger: Participation though photovoice to ensure the right to food

Mariana Chilton, Jenny Rabinowich, Christina Council, and Jennifer Breaux Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009   When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.1 Abstract Currently 30.2 percent of female-headed households with children in the United States experience food insecurity, defined as the lack of access to enough food for an active and healthy life. In 2007, approximately 12.4 million…

Abstract – Participation and the right to health: Lessons from Indonesia

Sam Foster Halabi Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009   Abstract The right to participation is the “the right of rights” — the basic right of people to have a say in how decisions that affect their lives are made. All legally binding international human rights treaties explicitly recognize the essential role of participation in realizing fundamental human rights. While the substance of the human right to health has…

Participation and the right to health: Lessons from Indonesia

Sam Foster Halabi Health and Human Rights 11/1 Published June 2009   Abstract The right to participation is the “the right of rights” — the basic right of people to have a say in how decisions that affect their lives are made. All legally binding international human rights treaties explicitly recognize the essential role of participation in realizing fundamental human rights. While the substance of the human right to health has…