1. The progressive weakening of public health systems, the growing privatisation of health care and the erosion of universal access to health care are phenomena seen across the globe. The…
11. Let it be understood here that there is nothing inherently wrong with market-oriented reforms in health, provided: a) They work in the direction of equity, as well as greater…
1. If one is skeptical about whether health sector reforms (HSRs), pretty much applied worldwide, have worked, perhaps the time has come to be bold and to ask some hard…
1. Weak health systems are infringing the human rights (HR) of both patients and health workers. Therefore, and because they are not currently doing so, health systems are to be…
Poverty is a form of exile, of being cut off from the larger society –and this is a human rights issue. 1. Other than the World Bank’s and perhaps the…
1. Although the title of this Reader is more often than not forgotten, it is transparently clear. But after Paris, reforms are just not working; they have failed to tackle…
In terms of social justice, international borders are artificial, the struggles of people everywhere are the same. (S. Ahmed) 1. We have to start this Reader with a caveat: Depth…
Hitherto, the definition and measurement of poverty is the province of economists and this has been instrumental in relegating poverty from a primary human rights concern to considerations such as…
A new social awareness has to be created about the fact that human rights violations are socially constructed events and must thus be tackled with public policies and actions nationally…
-Right now, for the oppressed to “become” and to “be”, they can use our help as activists. (Mario Benedetti) -We are the ones we have been waiting for. (Health Care…