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[Claudio Schuftan]

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 *The Lancet **Series, Health and Human Rights*

*Violations of human rights: health practitioners as witnesses*

James Orbinski, Chris Beyrer, and Sonal Singh
*The Lancet, Volume* *370*, *Number* *9588*, *25 August
2007*<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue?issue_key=S0140-6736%2807%29X6036-7>

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http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607613464/fulltext
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"…..For humanitarian health-care practitioners bearing witness to violations
of human dignity has become synonymous with denunciations, human rights
advocacy, or lobbying for political change. A strict reliance on legal
interpretations of humanitarianism and human rights is inadequate for fully
understanding the problems inherent in political change. …."

*Neglected diseases, civil conflicts, and the right to health*

Prof Chris Beyrer ,  Juan Carlos Villar,  Voravit Suwanvanichkij ,Sonal
Singh, Stefan D Baral and Edward J Mills
*The Lancet, Volume 370, Number 9587, 18 August 2007*

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"…..Neglected diseases remain one of the largest causes of disease and
mortality. In addition to the difficulties in provision of appropriate drugs
for specific diseases, many other factors contribute to the prevalence of
such diseases and the difficulties in reducing their burden.



We address the role that poor governance and politically motivated
oppression have on the epidemiology of neglected diseases. We give case
examples including filariasis in eastern Burma and vector-borne diseases
(Chagas' disease, leishmaniasis, and yellow fever) in Colombia, we show the
links between systematic human rights violations and the effects of
infectious disease on health. We also discuss the role of researchers in
advocating for and researching within oppressed populations….."

*Do human rights matter to health?
*Jerome Amir Singh, Michelle Govender and Edward J Mills
*The Lancet, Volume 370, Number 9586, 11 August 2007*

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607612367/fulltext

Legal instruments and litigation as a way to enforce the rights to life and
to health is a relatively new strategy that is increasingly common. We show
how legal measures have been used to attain health and human rights with
case examples from India and South Africa that resulted in large
public-health benefits.
*This is the second in a Series of four papers about health and human rights
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*History, principles, and practice of health and human rights**
*Sofia Gruskin,  Edward J Mills and  Daniel Tarantola
*The Lancet, Volume 370, Number 9585, 4 August 2007

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http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607612008/fulltext

Individuals and populations suffer violations of their rights that affect
health and wellbeing. Health professionals have a part to play in reduction
and prevention of these violations and ensuring that health-related policies
and practices promote rights. This needs efforts in terms of advocacy,
application of legal standards, and public-health programming. We discuss
the changing views of human rights in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
and propose further development of the right to health by increased
practice, evidence, and action.
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