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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Health rights"”.
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Leveraging community participation through health committees to achieve health rights : the role of power
The concept of health committees has been promoted as an effective mechanism for assisting communities to realize their health rights. These committees tend to be formal structures made up of representatives from local government, health facilities and communities. Much of the attention has focused …
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Reproductive health human rights : women's knowledge, attitude, and practices toward their reproductive health rights in Palestine
Reproductive health rights ensure that people are able to have satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capacity to reproduce with freedom to decide, when and how often to do so. Reproductive health rights also include the access of women to high quality health care services that help in …
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The evolving law on sexual and reproductive health rights and the right to abortion in Kenya
… life of the mother; where there is danger to the health of the mother; if there is need for emergency treatment of any kind; and if allowed by any other written law.' Accordingly, this dissertation argues that the jurisprudence of international and regional human rights bodies demonstrates that …
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A legal analysis of the relationship between, and role of, Consultation under the MPRDA and Public Participation under NEMA in safeguarding the environmental and health rights of mining communities
… upholding and protecting the environmental and health rights of mining affected communities. It explores consultation as conducted under the public participation provisions of NEMA, and whether the lack of meaningful consultation by mining applicants results in mining affected communities …
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Realizing the Right to Health Care in Canada
… and domestic laws increasingly recognize health rights; international law clearly recognizes a right to health that includes health care entitlements and approximately 69% of domestic constitutions include a right to health care. Recognition of a positive right to health care has been …
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Motivation to Participate in Health Advocacy and Health Services: An evaluation of Advocacy for Better Health
… to investigate motivations for participating in health advocacy initiatives in Uganda. This study sought to uncover why participants choose to engage in health systems advocacy to evaluate the Advocacy for Better Health intervention. A household survey was administered to 946 respondents to …
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A mixed-method exploration of the level of respect provided to women during childbirth at healthcare facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
… experienced by women during childbirth in Saudi healthcare settings. In the first qualitative phase, an overarching theme pertaining to women’s secure autonomy emerged. The Mother On Respect index (MORi) was culturally adapted, translated into Arabic and tested for validity and reliability in the …
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The legal and political imperatives for proposed amendments of the South African Patents Act to implement TRIPS flexibilities and enhance the framework for access to medicines
… which are aimed at safeguarding public health rights against the sometimes access-restricting effects of patent right monopolies. Potential pitfalls are also highlighted, noting strategies for South Africa to avoid the worst of them. The paper begins by giving an overview of the way in …
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Women's right to access family planning and maternal health care services in Hwange rural district, Zimbabwe: challenges and opportunities
The significance of reproductive health and rights cannot be overemphasised. Investment in the rights of rural women, specifically their reproductive health rights, is a fundamental determinant of their empowerment and social development. Access to reproductive health services enables rural women …
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‘We've come from the gutter, we're going back to the gutter': an exploratory study of healthcare conditions in Pollsmoor prison
… years, public discourse on South African prison healthcare has highlighted a significant gap in contemporary research. While existing literature have laid a foundational understanding, there remains a lack of empirical studies addressing the changing healthcare dynamics within these institutions. …
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Casting Aside Bent Bodies: Embodied Violence as an Everyday Experience for Filipino Migrant Seafarers
… political economic practices in regards to the health worlds of Filipino migrant seafarers as one potential way to understand how structural and symbolic violence is embodied. Through structural violence, seafarers are held responsible for their health and well-being and through symbolic …
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The impact of private international donor foundations on sexual and reproductive health organisations in South Africa
… impact it has had on the sexual and reproductive health sector in South Africa, in particular. In so doing, a brief background on the funding history by independent and bilateral donors to South Africa is given. This highlights a close relationship between civil society and foreign based funders. …
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Constitutional but criminal: an analysis of the ambiguous abortion law in Kenya through the prism of international human rights
… of Kenya in 2010, women's reproductive health rights seemed poised to witness progressive guarantees that would be in line with international human rights standards – this has not been the case. On the one hand, the Penal Code of Kenya effectively criminalizes abortion. Conversely, …
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Access to and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health services among adolescent school girls in Gobabis, Namibia
… for adolescent access to sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS) in Gobabis. It focused on exploring adolescent access to reproductive health services through the experiences of adolescent girls and healthcare providers. It was a qualitative case study. The data was collected through …
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Is knowing that you have rights enough? : exploring marginalised women's awareness, understanding and practice of the right to health
… awareness, understanding and practice of their rights to health. The target group in the case study is women. These women live in townships and informal settlements in Cape Town and are part of a community-based network called The Women's Circle (TWC). The purpose of this study ,is to advance …
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Community systems strengthening project: the successes and challenges perceived and experienced in Gugulethu, South Africa
… is an effective strategy for strengthening health systems and progressively realising health rights. For meaningful community participation to occur, the capacity of formal or informal community organisations and mechanisms involved in addressing social determinants of health needs to be …
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Health systems and social values: the case of the South African health system
Health systems are complex social systems – driven by people and the relationships between them, characterised by feedback loops and path-dependency, and open to contextual influences. This entails that social values are an important determinant of health system change. In addition, health systems …
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Gender, participation and the right to health: health committees in Cape Town, South Africa
… is now widely recognized as an integral part of health systems and the right to health. Health Committees are an example of participation, influenced by multiple social factors, yet little research has covered the impact of gendered power relations in health committees themselves. Committees are …
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Patent law and non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
… examines how patent law affects the right to health by influencing access to medicines for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). While acknowledging the critical role of patents in incentivizing pharmaceutical innovation, it underscores significant challenges posed by the current patent framework, …
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Sexual behaviour among Ugandan university students: A gender perspective
… in sub-Saharan Africa is an important public health concern. Therefore, it is crucial that we understand the various risk factors that shape unsafe sexual behaviours among young people in Uganda. The overall aim of this thesis was to gain a deeper understanding of the various factors that have …
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