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January 09, 2008
Health and Human Right
Surprisingly Health and Human Right as a unique field (one concept) is a young, but rapidly growing and dynamic field. When we think about public health, unconsciously we consider it as a human right, these two words had evolved parallel but it took a long time until finally this field was introduced as a unique concept. The first time that human rights were explicitly named in a public health strategy was only in the late 1980s, when people looked at rights of HIV/AIDS patients seriously. Prof. Jonathan Mann's observations were one of the early efforts to highlight the field.
Jonathan Mann’s 3 basic observations:
• Human rights abuses can dramatically affect health
• Health can be dramatically worsened when human rights are ignored
• Health and human rights can act synergistically
Today I learned about Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health & Human Rights, the deadline for nominees is January 15th, 2008. I believe this award and the announcement around it, can help to internalize this field among health policy makers and practitioners. For more info click here.
Posted by Syamak Moattari at January 9, 2008 11:44 AM
