Rich countries still think the West is the center of the world and that salvation must (patriarchically) come from that quarter. 1. Can we muster the power of conviction and…
Together with Dennis Kucinich, the ex-US presidential candidate, we see poverty as a weapon of mass destruction. 1. Is poverty reduction per-se an independent, stand-alone goal in the human rights-based…
Since there needs to be a push for an international paradigm shift among top decision-makers/duty-bearers, do we really have a choice not to take political sides? 1. Democracy and the…
WE ARE SWARMED BY TOO MANY STATISTICS AND DATA THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, PROVIDE LITTLE VALUABLE ACTIONABLE INFORMATION THAT MAKES A CHANGE . -These days, we do…
April blog Claudio Schuftan Here above is my hero Rudolf Virchow. He was a social visionary who in the late 1840s, articulated the social – and the economic and political…
February blog Claudio Schuftan En route to Kinshasa. Consulting work is catching up with me once again. This time I will spend a week in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)…
March blog Claudio Schuftan Here is a picture of my dear friend and colleague Dr Ravi Narayan of the Centre for Public Health and Equity, Bangalore. Beginning in 2003, he…
February blog Claudio Schuftan This month I remember the colleagues who coined the term ‘commerciogenic malnutrition’: Derrick Jelliffe and his wife Patrice (left and centre in the picture above). Derrick…
February blog Claudio Schuftan Ho Chi Minh City. Two new years are now behind us: the Western and the Chinese, both of which we celebrate here in Vietnam. These traditionally…
1. The more well-known human rights, like the freedom of speech or the freedom of assembly protect individuals from assault by the state. Economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), on…