PHA-Exchange> New Book: Health and Human Rights Readers

[Claudio]

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From: "Dieter Neuvians MD" <neuvians at mweb.co.za>
To: <afro-nets at healthnet.org>



> New Book: Health and Human Rights Readers
> -----------------------------------------
>
> 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."
>
> 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
> mailto:cehat at vsnl.com
> http://www.cehat.org
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