The right to health : a resource manual for NGOs

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ISBN	9789004154384 (pbk.)
Call Number	RA440 A825 2010
Author	Asher, Judith Paula, 1967-
Title	The right to health : a resource manual for NGOs / by Judith Asher
Imprint	Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.
Physical	xvi, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Name	Raoul Wallenberg Institute professional guides to human rights ;v. 6
Contents Note	Introduction: Understanding a health and human rights approach --What are human rights? : the legal framework --What is meant by the right to health? --The nature of state obligations --Focus on core obligations --Focus on non-discrimination and vulnerable and other wisedis advantaged groups --Globalization, obligations of non-state actors and international obligations arising from the right to health --Monitoring the right to health --Tools for monitoring I : working with indicators, benchmarks and statistical data --Tools for monitoring II: identifying violations --Promoting the right to health: activities to promote and protect the right to health at community, national and international levels --Reporting: participation by NGOs in UN procedures for monitoring compliance by their governments --Medical and other health professionals : working with the right to health
Subject	World health
Subject	Right to health
Subject	Human rights
Subject	Health promotion
Subject	Medical policy
Subject	Non-governmental organizations
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100 1 ^aAsher, Judith Paula, ^d1967-

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490 0 ^aRaoul Wallenberg Institute professional guides to human rights ;^vv. 6

504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references

505 0 ^aIntroduction: Understanding a health and human rights approach -- ^tWhat are human rights? : the legal framework -- ^tWhat is meant by the right to health? -- ^tThe nature of state obligations -- ^tFocus on core obligations -- ^tFocus on non-discrimination and vulnerable and other wisedis advantaged groups -- ^tGlobalization, obligations of non-state actors and international obligations arising from the right to health -- ^tMonitoring the right to health --^tTools for monitoring I : working with indicators, benchmarks and statistical data -- ^tTools for monitoring II: identifying violations -- ^tPromoting the right to health: activities to promote and protect the right to health at community, national and international levels -- ^tReporting: participation by NGOs in UN procedures for monitoring compliance by their governments -- ^tMedical and other health professionals : working with the right to health

650 0^aWorld health 0^aRight to health 0^aHuman rights 0^aHealth promotion 0^aMedical policy 0^aNon-governmental organizations

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