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…
73. Money is Tinted by the Colour from where it comes from or Children are not an Issue of Charity, Ronald! They are a Matter of Justice
SCN News, No.25, Gva., 2002. This is one more post-mortem to the partially-called-off UNICEF McDonalds (public-private) partnership to which so many of us reacted. I hesitate a bit philosophising about…
72. Putting Equity and Human Rights in Health on the Agenda: The Role of NGOs
Introduction The background The concept of Human Rights in health and why it is used Experiences from some NGOs already using the Equity/Human Rights approach Practical ways for NGOs to…