Manuals & Guidelines
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Toolkit on the Right to Health
N. Fick, L. London & F. Coomans, Learning Network for Health and Human Rights, South Africa, 2011 -
Human rights and gender equality in health sector strategies: how to assess policy coherence
World Health Organization, 2011 -
Human Rights in Patient Care - A Practitioners' Guide, Armenia
Open Society Foundations Armenia, 2010 -
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health: A Guide for Civil Society
IFHHRO, 2009
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Providers as Advocates for Safe Abortion Care: A Training Manual
Ipas, 2009 -
Promoting Health: Advocacy Guide for Health Professionals
International Council of Nurses - ICN, 2008 -
Human Rights, Health and Development. Technical Series Paper # 08.1
University of New South Wales, 2008 -
Guiding Principles for National Health Workforce Strategies
Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative (HWAI), 2008 -
The Right to Health and Health Workforce Planning. A Guide for Government Officials, NGOs, Health Workers and Development Partners
Physicians for Human Rights, 2008 -
Human Rights in Healthcare - A Framework for Local Action
Department of Health, UK, revised edition 2008 (first edition 2007) -
The Right to Health: A Toolkit for Health Professionals
BMA, IFHHRO & Commat, 2007
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Fact sheet "Our right to the highest attainable standard of health"
Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex & IFHHRO, 2007
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Public Health Advocacy Toolkit
Public Health Alliance (PHA), 2007 -
Positive women monitoring change - A monitoring tool on access to care, treatment and support and reproductive health rights and violence against women created by and for HIV positive women
International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, 2006 -
The assessment of the right to health and health care at the country level. A People’s Health Movement Guide
People’s Health Movement, 2006 -
The right to health. A fundamental human right affirmed by the United Nations and recognized in regional treaties and numerous national constitutions
M. Özden, Centre Europe - Tiers Monde (CETIM), 2006 -
Caring for Human Rights, Challenges and opportunities for nurses and midwives
Amnesty International, 2006 -
The Right to Health: A Resource Manual for NGOs
J. Asher, Commat, 2004 -
Dual Loyalty & Human Rights, in Health Professional Practice
A Project of the International Dual Loyalty Working Group; A Collaborative Initiative of Physicians for Human Rights and the School of Public Health and Primary Health Care University of Cape Town, Health Sciences Faculty -
Advocacy Guide for Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights
IPPF, 2001

A South African cardiologist, Wouter Basson, is facing charges of violating medical ethics for running the Apartheid government's chemical and biological warfare programme. He was interviewed recently after a Health Professions Council Disciplinary hearing, claiming that the hearing is politicallty motivated.
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