Papers in Press

Omar Ouakkad and Abdelali Hamidine Abstract In General Comment 14, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights envisaged the use of indicators, national benchmarks, and a joint “scoping” exercise through which the…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 125-139 PDF Ugnė Grigaitė, Gintaras Šumskas, Eglė Šumskienė, Karilė Levickaitė, Jurga Mataitytė-Diržienė, and Jūratė Charenkova Abstract This study explores the attitudes of mental health care professionals in Lithuania…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 113-124 PDF Juš Škraban and Andraž Kapus Abstract Despite ongoing criticism, the practice of involuntary admissions to locked units remains widespread globally. In this paper, we focus on secure units within residential…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 141-153 PDF Sameena Azhar, Atmaja Acharya, Imtyaz Ahmad, Muhammad Arshid, Md. Saimum Islam, and Dania Malik Abstract In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, religious leaders play a significant role in shaping public attitudes…

PERSPECTIVE Vol 27/1, 2025, pp. 13-17  PDF John C. Messinger and Leo Beletsky Introduction The recent confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has raised numerous concerns…

Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 39-44  PDF PERSPECTIVE Ru’a Rimawi, Bram Wispelwey, and Navid Madani Introduction The occupied Palestinian territories, as referred to in international humanitarian law since 1967, comprise 6,220 square kilometers divided…

Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 87-99  PDF Danielle Manton, Megan Williams, and Andrew Hayen Abstract Indigenous community-controlled health care organizations provide timely, sustained, and culturally safe care. However, their expertise is often…

Volume 22/2, December 2020, pp 285 – 290 PDF Omar Sultan Haque and Michael Ashley Stein Persons with disabilities have historically been discriminated against by society, including fulfilment of the right to equal access to health care.[1]…

PDF Rachel Hammonds, Gorik Ooms, Moses Mulumba, and Allan Maleche Abstract The September 2019 United Nations High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) aims to mobilize top-level political support for action on UHC to advance…

PDF Flavia Bustreo and Curtis Doebbler Our children are our future and one of the basic responsibilities is to care for them in the best and most compassionate manner possible.—Nelson Mandela[1] If women are denied a chance to develop their full…