83. The Human Rights Discourse in Health
Perspectives on Global Devpt. and Technology, Vol.4, No.2, 2005. A. Meaning of the human rights discourse in health B. How to strengthen the HR-based approach in our work in health:…
82. Book Review: Dignity Counts: A Guide to Using Budget Analysis to Advance Human Rights
Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (FUNDAR), International Budget Project (IBP), International Human Rights Internship Program (IHRIP), ISBN 0-9797799-4-9, 83 pp, 2004. www.internationalbudget.org/themes/ESC/FullReport.pdf What a jewel of a short book. Here…
81. Towards the Millennium Development Goals: Yes, but…
SCN News, No. , Gva., 20.. 1. I have, for long, been on record to be very ambiguous about goals and targets in health and nutrition work (1). 2. What…
80. The Peoples Health Movement: A People’s Campaign for Health for All – Now!
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…
79. Optional Health Care Financing Mechanisms for third World Countries: What is Viable?
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…
78. WTO: No Deal is Better than a Bad Deal.
SCN News, No.27, Gva, Dec. 2003 MISSING. Claudio Schuftan, Ho Chi Minh City schuftan@gmail.com
77. Poverty Reduction and National Budgets
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…
76. Stepping into the New Age of the Right to Nutrition: Snail Pace Progress?
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…
75. Beyond Capacity Analysis: Additional Elements of a Human Rights-based Development Strategy
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…
74. Some Pearls of Wisdom about Health care Financing
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…