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Jonathan Kenneth Burns Health and Human Rights 11/2 Published December 2009   Abstract Mental disability and mental health care have been neglected in the discourse around health, human rights, and equality. This is perplexing as mental disabilities…

Alicia Ely Yamin Health and Human Rights 11/2 Published December 2009   The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges. — Anatole France Abstract The foundational principle of human rights is…

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…

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…

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…

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…