93. ETHICAL AND POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN OUR WORK IN HEALTH
CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN, MD cschuftan@phmovement.org 1. The topic of the above title has vividly interested the author for many years. It is fascinating to him that the issues at stake have…
92. GENDER EQUALITY IS NOT JUST A WOMEN’S ISSUE, BUT A DEVELOPMENT AND A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE.
Chapter 32 in Women’s Global Health and Human Rights, P . Murthy and L. Smith Eds., Jones and Bartlett Publications, Sadbury, Ma, December 2008. Claudio Schuftan, MD, Ho Chi Minh…
91. THE ASSESSMENT OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE AND THE CHALLENGES IN ASIA.
Claudio Schuftan, Ho Chi Minh City. Schuftan@gmail.com To understand these challenges, one needs to describe the health services in the countries in the region from a historical perspective all the…
90. HOW DOES THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH CHANGE DEVELOPMENT ETHICS AND DEVELOPMENT PRAXIS?
Claudio Schuftan MD, People’s Health Movement, Ho Chi Minh City. schuftan@gmail.com Abstract: The human rights (HR) discourse represents the return-to a greater focus and action on the basic causes of…
89. A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH KEY PRINCIPLES AND ISSUES OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED FRAMEWORK AS APPLIED TO HEALTH.
Claudio Schuftan MD, People’s Health Movement, Ho Chi Minh City cschuftan@phmovement.org Social Medicine, Vol.2, No.2, 2007. Editorial An overview: This editorial starts with a tour de force that sets the…
88. Our Role as Nutritionists in the Call by the World Bank to Put Nutrition at the Centre of Development
Our colleagues at the World Bank (WB) are once again calling for nutrition to be mainstreamed in development work (World Bank 2006). While I could, once again, not disagree more…
87. Is the Gap in Policy Processes towards better Food Security and Nutrition Interventions Mainly a Gap Between Knowledge and Action?
The Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Vol.45, No.4, July-Aug, 2006. ABSTRACT Food and nutrition issues get little policy attention from decision-makers. The lack of action is not due to a…
86B. Towards social and economic justice in health: Claiming the Right to Health as a means to achieve Health For All.
Chapter in Health For and By the People, CETIM, Gva., Jan. 2007. Claudio Schuftan MD, People’s Health Movement, Vietnam, schuftan@gmail.com Abhay Shukla, MD, People’s Health Movement, India, abhayshukla1@gmail.com -We find…
86. A Primer for a National Action Plan to Operationalise the Right to Health Care (within the broader framework of the Right to Health). (*)
Objectives for a national action plan Specific actions under the Action Plan Abstract The Indian People’s Health Movement mobilized constituencies in several Indian states to organize public hearings on the…
85. A True Jewel in the Annals of Social Medicine: Young Allende’s Early Legacy
Social Medicine, Vol. , No. , 2006. Claudio Schuftan, Ho Chi Minh City schuftan@gmail.com We here present a historical piece way ahead of its time. It comes to us from…