Sub-national and district management:
Basic values and principles
Human rights
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Democracy and Health
J.P. Ruger, 2005, Oxford Journals, Q J Med 2005; 98:299–304
Democratic institutions and practices can affect human development in multiple ways, including population health and well-being. The absence of democracy, in particular, can have eleterious affects on health. Case studies: the 1958–1961 Chinese famine and the 2003 SARS outbreak.
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Human Rights, Health and Poverty Reduction Strategies
2005, WHO/ETH/HDP/05.1
What are human rights? Who are the poor? How does poverty affect health? Respect, protect and fulfil the right to health; transparency and accountability
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Droits Humains Fondamentaux
1997, OXFAM Canada
En français: Chacun et chacune a droit à… Une alimentation suffisante; De l’eau potable; Un logement; Des soins de santé; Une éducation; Un gagne-pain; Un environnement sain; La protection contre la violence; L’égalité des chances; Un contrôle sur son avenir
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Neglected diseases: a human rights analysis
2007, Paul Hunt with Rébecca Steward, Judith Bueno de Mesquita and Lisa Oldring
Human rights norms and standards; right to the highest attainable standard of health; obligations on states and private sector responsibility; equality, non-discrimination, and equity; participation, monitoring and accountability;
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Reclaiming the State: Advancing People's Health, Challenging Injustice
Equinet Steering Committee, 2004, EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa
Health systems responses; preference for public sector health care; investments; human resources losses; social action based on shared values
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Best Practices in Intercultural Health
John O’Neil, Judith Bartlett and Javier Mignone, 2005, The Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (CAHR), for the Inter-American Development Bank and the Pan American Health Organization
Practices in health that bridge Indigenous Medicine and Western Medicine, where both are considered as complementary; mutual respect, equal recognition of knowledge, willingness to interact, and flexibility to change; five case studies: Chile, Colombia, Equador, Guatemala and Suriname
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25 Questions and Answers on Health and Human Rights
TK Sundari Ravindran (ed.), 2001, WHO/RHR/01.29
Linking health and human rights, international instruments, government obligations, equity, poverty reduction, (36 pages, pdf 760kb)
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