From the Editors

From the Editors Paul E. Farmer and Arlan Fuller In the growing movement for health and human rights, the discourse among some interested parties—from nongovernmental organizations to the United Nations to medical and legal practitioners working in poor countries—has undergone a transformation. This shift reflects a greater enthusiasm and, increasingly, a recognized obligation to employ a rights-based framework in building health systems, delivering services, and informing policymaking and advocacy efforts.…

Book Reviews

Global Health and Global Health Ethics Solomon Benatar and Gillian Brock Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780521146777 350 pages $62 Benatar and Brock explore the obligations and challenges surrounding the improvement of global health in their new textbook. The editors posit that a comprehensive understanding of ethical issues concerning health is necessary for the promotion of sustainable and healthy living conditions, both locally and globally. Beginning with an overview of…

Abstract – Child rights, right to water and sanitation, and human security

Ross Pink Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract The article explores the intersection between child rights, water scarcity, sanitation, and the human security paradigm. The recognition of child rights has been advanced through the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international legal instruments, while water rights are increasingly affirmed in international law and through the historic July 2010 United Nations General Assembly resolution…

Child rights, right to water and sanitation, and human security

Ross Pink Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract The article explores the intersection between child rights, water scarcity, sanitation, and the human security paradigm. The recognition of child rights has been advanced through the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international legal instruments, while water rights are increasingly affirmed in international law and through the historic July 2010 United Nations General Assembly resolution…

Abstract – New Zealand’s National Health and Disability Advocacy Service: A successful model of advocacy

Jean Drage Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract Advocacy is a broad, if not clearly defined, term often used to inform, support, and represent individuals and groups. This paper, in exploring both the debate and practice of advocacy, uses the National Health and Disability Advocacy Service in New Zealand to describe a successful model of advocacy that is based on the concept of empowerment practiced in an…

New Zealand’s National Health and Disability Advocacy Service: A successful model of advocacy

Jean Drage Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract Advocacy is a broad, if not clearly defined, term often used to inform, support, and represent individuals and groups. This paper, in exploring both the debate and practice of advocacy, uses the National Health and Disability Advocacy Service in New Zealand to describe a successful model of advocacy that is based on the concept of empowerment practiced in an…

Abstract – Human rights from the grassroots up: Vermont’s campaign for universal health care

Mariah McGill Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract In 2008, the Vermont Workers’ Center launched the “Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign,” a grassroots campaign to secure the creation of a universal health care system in Vermont. Campaign organizers used a human rights framework to mobilize thousands of voters in support of universal health care. In response to this extraordinary grassroots effort, the state legislature passed health…

Human rights from the grassroots up: Vermont’s campaign for universal health care

Mariah McGill Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract In 2008, the Vermont Workers’ Center launched the “Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign,” a grassroots campaign to secure the creation of a universal health care system in Vermont. Campaign organizers used a human rights framework to mobilize thousands of voters in support of universal health care. In response to this extraordinary grassroots effort, the state legislature passed health…

Abstract – Filling the gap: A Learning Network for Health and Human Rights in the Western Cape, South Africa

Leslie London, NicolĂ© Fick, Khai Hoan Tram, Maria Stuttaford Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract We draw on the experience of a Learning Network for Health and Human Rights (LN) involving collaboration between academic institutions and civil society organizations in the Western Cape, South Africa, aimed at identifying and disseminating best practice related to the right to health. The LN’s work in materials development, participatory research, training…

Filling the gap: A Learning Network for Health and Human Rights in the Western Cape, South Africa

Leslie London, NicolĂ© Fick, Khai Hoan Tram, Maria Stuttaford Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract We draw on the experience of a Learning Network for Health and Human Rights (LN) involving collaboration between academic institutions and civil society organizations in the Western Cape, South Africa, aimed at identifying and disseminating best practice related to the right to health. The LN’s work in materials development, participatory research, training…