New publication: 'Health and Human Rights Readers'
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by Claudio Schuftan
CEHAT has recently published the book 'Health and Human Rights
Readers' authored by Dr. Claudio Schuftan, an internationally
known Public Health expert and health activist associated with
the People's Health Movement. This book is a compilation of
fifty-two 'Readers in Human Rights', essays which have been pre-
viously circulated by Claudio on various electronic list-
servers, some of the more recent Readers having been circulated
on the PHA-exchange.
The goal underlying the Readers, in Claudio's words, is "to re-
center the development debate, and to convincingly articulate
the reasons for centering it around human rights. The readers
give you food for thought and for action for just that." The
Readers discuss a wide range of issues such as Human Rights
based planning; the role of the state, UN and civil society;
Health sector reform and the unmet needs of the poor; Health
Care Financing; vulnerability, access and discrimination; the
role of NGOs; globalization, health rights and health sector re-
form; the right to adequate nutrition; the difference between
project and process; and health rights and the law.
These informative yet provoking readers would appeal particu-
larly to health activists, health professionals and health sec-
tor NGO workers who seek a clearer grasp of health rights and a
stimulating guide to action. Here Claudio squarely places Human
Rights concerns at the centre of all health work, and gives the
call for "a start-over, a global movement, a grassroots revolu-
tion around the right to health."
Health and Human Rights Readers
By Claudio Schuftan
Pgs. vi +111, Paperback
Price Rs. 80 / US$ 5.00 / £ 4.00
(Please add postage per copy - Within India: Rs. 20 / Interna-
tional postage: US$ 2.00)
For Copies write to
Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT)
Survey No. 2804 and 2805
Aram Society Road
Vakola
Santacruz (East)
Mumbai 400055
India
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or
CEHAT
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