Narayan, R. and Schuftan, C. in K. Heggenhougen and S. Quah, Eds., International Encyclopedia of Public Health, Vol.5, San Diego Academic Press, 2008. Background The first People’s Health Assembly The…
J. of Health and Development, Vol.1, Nos. 2+3, April + September, 2005. I. Introduction II. A sorry diagnosis? III. Fee for service-financed health care IV. Medicines: How much of a…
SCN News, No.27, Gva, Dec. 2003 MISSING. Claudio Schuftan, Ho Chi Minh City schuftan@gmail.com
The availability and allocation of budgetary resources says a lot about whether, how, and to what extent a government is committed and determined to implement its pro-poor policies. National budgets…
The Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Vol.42, No.3, May/June 2003. The Situation The Challenge: what now has to change The Right to adequate Nutrition The key issues to fight for…
1. The ‘chronic emergency’ situation in the health, nutrition, education and other service sectors in an important number of the developing countries only sporadically. becomes a ‘loud emergency’. However, if…
1. Equality in health means equal access for equal need. 2. Near-zero-priced public services for the very poor is an essential public policy towards equity. 3. Government intervention in the…
SCN News, No.25, Gva., 2002. This is one more post-mortem to the partially-called-off UNICEF McDonalds (public-private) partnership to which so many of us reacted. I hesitate a bit philosophising about…
Introduction The background The concept of Human Rights in health and why it is used Experiences from some NGOs already using the Equity/Human Rights approach Practical ways for NGOs to…
· Ministries of health around the world claim they have carried out a health sector reform; they argue that by doing so, they have decentralized and devolved the governance of…