<br><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Human Rights Reader 253</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ALTHOUGH ETHICS IS THE PROPER LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE; HUMAN
RIGHTS IS THE PROPER LANGUAGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> <span> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(part two of
three)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt">
<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:14pt"><font color="#3366FF">4. The primary health care (PHC) perspective
in right to health (RTH) work</font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:19px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">For long, PHC has been misunderstood; it has
sunk to its lowest when governed by ‘The Rule of 3’: 3 questions, 3exams,
prescription for 3 medicines, in 3 minutes, or when ‘sustainable misery
packages’ have been offered to people who live in
poverty while the non-poor are given an array of choices.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:19px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><br>
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:blue">5.
Privatization from the human rights perspective </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14pt">The
private sector is like a tiger: it needs to be put in a cage (not too small,
not too big). We need it
to do what it does best --which is <u>not</u> the provision of health care
since it does it expensively and dishonestly.<span> </span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Privatization of health
care is a class policy, because it benefits high income groups at the expense
of the popular classes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14pt">
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