New issue Health and Human Rights Journal: Evidence of impact of human rights-based approaches

December 15, 2015

The latest issue of the Health and Human Rights Journal is now available online. This special issue, which was guest-edited by Paul Hunt, Alicia Ely Yamin and Flavia Bustreo, focuses on the evidence of impact of human rights-based approaches. All full-text articles on this theme can be accessed through our website. 

Table of Contents – Health and Human Rights Journal – December 2015 , Vol 17, No 2

Editorial

Making the Case: What Is the Evidence of Impact of Applying Human Rights-Based Approaches to Health?
Paul Hunt, Alicia Ely Yamin, and Flavia Bustreo, Guest Editors 
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Framing the Issues 

Assessing the Impact of a Human Rights-Based Approach Across a Spectrum of Change for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health 
Rebekah Thomas, Shyama Kuruvilla, Rachael Hinton, Steven L. B. Jensen, Veronica Magar, and Flavia Bustreo
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Invited Commentaries

Germany’s Experience in Supporting and Implementing Human Rights-Based Approaches to Health, Plus Challenges and Successes in Demonstrating Impact on Health Outcomes
Thomas Silberhorn
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Ethical and Human Rights Foundations of Health Policy: Lessons from Comprehensive Reform in Mexico
Julio Frenk and Octavio Gómez-Dantés
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Interview With Francisco Songane: Evidence of Impact of Human Rights-Based Approaches to Health
Francisco Songane
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Full Papers

What Constitutes Evidence in Human Rights-Based Approaches to Health? Learning from Lived Experiences of Maternal and Sexual Reproductive Health
Maya Unnithan
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Looking for Evidence of the Impact of Introducing a Human Rights-Based Approach in Health: The SaluDerecho Experience
María-Luisa Escobar, Leonardo Cubillos, and Roberto Iunes
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Empowerment for the Right to Health: The Use of the “Most Significant Change” Methodology in Monitoring
Fanny Polet, Geraldine Malaise, Anuschka Mahieu, Eulalia Utrera, Jovita Montes, Rosalinda Tablang, Andrew Aytin, Erick Kambale, Sylvie Luzala, Daoud al-Ghoul, Ranin Ahed Darkhawaja, Roxana Maria Rodriguez, Margarita Posada, Wim de Ceukelaire, and Pol de Vos
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The Impact of Human Rights on Universalizing Health Care in Vermont, USA
Gillian MacNaughton, Fiona Haigh, Mariah McGill, Konstantinos Koutsioumpas, and Courtenay Sprague
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Measuring the Impact of the Human Rights on Health in Global Health Financing
Sara L.M. Davis
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A Review of the Impact of the Human Rights in Healthcare Programme in England and Wales
Lindsey Dyer
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Rights-Based Citizen Monitoring in Peru: Evidence of Impact from the Field
Jeannie Samuel and Ariel Frisancho
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Using Technology to Claim Rights to Free Maternal Health Care: Lessons about Impact from the My Health, My Voice Pilot Project in India
Jashodhara Dasgupta, Y. K. Sandhya, Samantha Lobis, Pravesh Verma, Marta Schaaf
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Evaluating a Human Rights-Based Advocacy Approach to Expanding Access to Pain Medicines and Palliative Care: Global Advocacy and Case Studies from India, Kenya, and Ukraine
Diederik Lohman and Joseph Amon
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The Universal Periodic Review: A Platform for Dialogue, Accountability, and Change on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Kate Gilmore, Luis Mora, Alfonso Barragues, Ida Krogh Mikkelsen
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