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Georgia: News from the RFP Caucasus & Central Asia
Monday, 26 September 2011 08:46
On September 22, 2011 the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance (MoCLA) of Georgia awarded the Global Initiative on Psychiatry (GIP)-Tbilisi, along with other local and international agencies involved in a reform of penitentiary and probation systems of the country. GIP-Tbilisi has been IFHHRO's Regional Focal Point for the Caucasus and Central Asia since the beginning of 2011.
Peru: Article on participation in health care
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 13:14
Recently, Camila Gianella, a member of EDHUCASalud (Peru), wrote an article about the challenges with regards to health care for the new Peruvian government, from a human rights perspective.
Report public hearing on psychiatric patients' rights in Kazakhstan
Thursday, 28 July 2011 10:40
In April of this year, the IFHHRO Regional Focal Point officer for the Caucasus and Central Asian region held a presentation at a public hearing about the rights of psychiatric patients in Kazakhstan. The report of this meeting is now available in English.
Report training on health and human rights in Uganda, May 2011
Monday, 27 June 2011 11:09
On 26 and 27 May 2011 IFHHRO and AGHA, host of the IFHHRO Regional Focal Point for Africa, organised a training for nurses and paramedics on health and human rights. This workshop brought together approximately 30 in-training nurses and paramedics to learn about and familiarise themselves with human rights and health. The ways in which human rights and health are inter-related and impact on the professional work of the trainees as future health care providers were explored. A short report of this event is now available.
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Uganda: Urgent call; civil society organizations demand accountability for outrageous government spending
Monday, 09 May 2011 09:08
CSO Press Statement; Kampala, Uganda.
Civil Society Organisations working in health condemn the outrageous passage by Parliament on Wednesday April 27 2011 of a Uganda Shs1.5 trillion supplementary budget.
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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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