New Book: Health and Human Rights Readers
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By Claudio Schuftan
Published by CEHAT (Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied
Themes, India)
From the Publisher's Preface:
"Many health activists have been reading Claudio�s episodic
'Health and Human Rights Readers' in electronic version, and
these Readers have provided 'food for thought' in various forms.
Whatever Claudio has had to say would be provocative, informing,
at times controversial, but never routine. In this context, we
at CEHAT thought that it would be a good idea to publish all the
'Readers' compiled together in sequence, for easy reference.
This has led to the collection that you now hold in your hands,
containing Claudio�s ideas with all their diversity and rich-
ness, yet linked by a deep common concern and 'restlessness' to
make Human Rights a lived reality, especially in the sphere of
health. Claudio�s contribution, among other aspects, lies in ef-
fectively applying the Human Rights approach to a sector that
has evolved from a long tradition of charity and has mostly fo-
cused on satisfying needs. He squarely places Human Rights con-
cerns at the centre of all health-related developmental work,
and points out that technical fixes or moral stances are not
enough to address the pressing political issues in this sector,
which require us to take informed political actions."
For AFRO-NETS subscribers Claudio Schuftan has made his book
available for downloading as Adobe PDF file (119 pp. 560 kB) at:
http://www.afronets.org
click "AFRO-NETS Documents" or go directly to:
http://www.afronets.org/pubview.php/94/
For printed copies (suggested contribution: Rs. 80, US$ 5, �4)
contact CEHAT at:
Mumbai Office:
Survey no. 2804 and 2805
Aram Society Road
Vakola, Santacruz (East)
Mumbai - 400 055 (India)
Tel: +91-22-2614-7727, 2613-2027
Fax: +91-22-2613-2039
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