Table of Contents, Vol 11, No 1 (2009), Health and Human Rights
Website: http://hhrjournal.org/index.php/hhr
Front Matter
| On Participation Health and Human Rights: An International Journal |
Introduction
| The power of community in advancing the right to health “…..The community is the most effective tool that we have: an organic tool, not a tool in the abstract or purely instrumental sense, but a living, organic tool which can see to it that the right to health is actually delivered. You just have to compare the efficiencies of the Global Fund, in terms of actual delivery, to the traditional systems of financing, and you see a vast difference. This suggests how we have to shift the paradigm across the sectors, not only in HIV. And HIV activists are very clear that health systems must respond to the needs of all people who suffer disadvantage in health — whether it’s because of poverty, as Paul Farmer has discussed, or because of other forms of discrimination and marginalization, for example the discrimination that affects indigenous peoples or other ethnic minorities. Now we must deliver, and those communities must be part of the process of decision-making, implementation, monitoring, and accountability. That’s what HIV has shown as a living reality, and that’s what we want to translate into other areas of health. ..” ‘…HHR: Why might the mandate of the Special Rapporteur be especially important right now? AG: The economic crisis shows the importance of systematic action to protect rights, including the right to health, especially for poor and marginalized groups. In the 1990s, we had economic liberalization, which usually meant only privatization. The poor were pushed into deeper poverty, while the rich became richer. In this context, it’s all the more important to insist that the right to health is universal. But this isn’t just a philosophical principle. It’s about budgeting. As I said, we can’t ignore budgeting anymore. And budgeting doesn’t mean that governments in low-income countries must pay for everything from their own resources. The right to the highest attainable standard of health, and the responsibility to protect the right, have to be seen in international terms. This means you look at international systems of financing. If a country’s resources aren’t adequate, then money has to come from abroad, also. That financing commitment has to be part of the international rights agenda….” |
Critical Concepts
| Suffering and powerlessness: The significance of promoting participation in rights-based approaches to health Alicia Ely Yamin |
| Health through people’s empowerment: A rights-based approach to participation Pol De Vos, Wim De Ceukelaire, Geraldine Malaise, Dennis Pérez, Pierre Lefèvre, Patrick Van der Stuyft |
| Social participation within a context of political violence: Implications for the promotion and exercise of the right to health in Guatemala Walter Flores, Ana Lorena Ruano, Denise Phé Funchal |
| Participation and the right to health: Lessons from Indonesia Sam Foster Halabi |
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