Globalization and its negative consequences A dearth of workable solutions? The Equity/Equality approach The Human Rights approach Bolder steps are needed Three caveats In closing References CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com What…
Poverty, equity and social justice Equity and health for all Equity, structural adjustment and safety nets for the poor Who are the poor and how do we find them? Equity…
CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com After reading an exceptionally long list of emails I received the other night I fell into a pessimistic streak. I was thinking how the road to heaven…
Variations on a theme by the Danish writer Peter Hoeg. Inspired, extracted (plagiarized) and paraphrased from his short story “Reflections of a young man in balance”, in Tales of the…
J. of Health and Population in Developing Countries, Vol.3, No.2, Spring, 2002. Claudio Schuftan Goran Dahlgren Saigon, Vietnam Shortcomings of HSRs So what would be more effective and sustainable? Equity…
CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com When pushed to its limits, nature fights back by dying. When pushed to its limits, how should society fight back? (Simonis, U., 1989) Our work in development…
The need for a more critical and visionary attitude Endnote Postscript References Letter to the Editor in Public Hlth. Nutr., Vol.2, No.2, 1999. CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com At the closing of…
CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com Effective action requires not just a feeling or an enthusiasm, but calls for a close rapport with the disgruntled so as to get them organized. (Robbins, 1985)…
The foreign aid scenario under a technical fix approach Endnote Tropical Doctor, Vol.30, Oct. 2000. CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com Technology is inextricably linked to the society in which it is created…
Letter to the Editor (on the same topic), The Lancet, Vol.351, June 13, 1998, p.1812. To the Editor, The authors of this letter represent three different continents (Latin America, Asia…