Category: Volume 12, Number 1

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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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Vivek Maru Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract This essay suggests that two strands of social action which have hitherto developed separately — legal empowerment and social accountability — ought to learn from one another. Legal empowerment efforts grow out of the tradition of legal aid for the poor; they assist citizens in seeking remedies to breaches of rights. Social accountability interventions employ information and participation to…

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Vivek Maru Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract This essay suggests that two strands of social action which have hitherto developed separately — legal empowerment and social accountability — ought to learn from one another. Legal empowerment efforts grow out of the tradition of legal aid for the poor; they assist citizens in seeking remedies to breaches of rights. Social accountability interventions employ information and participation to…

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