Promotion and Education, Vol.XV, No.3, 2008. CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN, MD cschuftan@phmovement.org Abstract The topic of the above title has vividly interested the author for many years. Regretfully, the issues at stake…
. Aid money has rained on jungles, plains and deserts for 30 years; in the end only poverty has grown. (SID) 1. This Contribution departs from the premise that, on…
94. ETHICS AND IDEOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN, MD schuftan@gmail.com What drives health professionals in their daily work? Why did they choose health and not another field?…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…