182 WE DO NOT NEED MORE PHILANTHROPY AND PATRIARCHY; WE NEED MORE EMPHASIS ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
Rich countries still think the West is the center of the world and that salvation must (patriarchically) come from that…
181 IN THE DEVELOPMENT DEBATE, THE PERCEPTION OF PEOPLE RENDERED POOR AS PEOPLE IN NEED RATHER THAN AS PEOPLE WITH LEGITIMATE RIGHTS PUTS THEM TOTALLY OUT OF STEP WITH THE RIGHTS-BASED FRAMEWORK.
Together with Dennis Kucinich, the ex-US presidential candidate, we see poverty as a weapon of mass destruction. 1. Is poverty…
180 SOCIAL PROGRESS HAS ALWAYS DEPENDED ON PUBLIC PRESSURE.
Since there needs to be a push for an international paradigm shift among top decision-makers/duty-bearers, do we really have a…
33. Swarmed by data
WE ARE SWARMED BY TOO MANY STATISTICS AND DATA THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, PROVIDE LITTLE VALUABLE ACTIONABLE…
34. Fundamental Public Health Nutrition
April blog Claudio Schuftan Here above is my hero Rudolf Virchow. He was a social visionary who in the late…
35. The political economy of malnutrition
February blog Claudio Schuftan En route to Kinshasa. Consulting work is catching up with me once again. This time I will…
36. A new vision for WHO
March blog Claudio Schuftan Here is a picture of my dear friend and colleague Dr Ravi Narayan of the Centre…
37. Malnutrition and technical fixes
February blog Claudio Schuftan This month I remember the colleagues who coined the term ‘commerciogenic malnutrition’: Derrick Jelliffe and his…
38. Equity in an inequitable world
February blog Claudio Schuftan Ho Chi Minh City. Two new years are now behind us: the Western and the Chinese,…
179 WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO WIDER PUBLIC DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS?
1. The more well-known human rights, like the freedom of speech or the freedom of assembly protect individuals from assault…