The right to health : A multi-country study of law, policy and practice

Table of contents

Health and Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Deconstructing the Thorny Path to Success.- Ensuring the Realization of the Right to Health through the African Union (AU) System: A Review of its Normative, Policy and Institutional Frameworks.- Equality and the Right to Health: A Preliminary Assessment of China.- The Right to Health in Japan: its implications and challenges.- Codification and implementation of the Right to Health in the Arab World.- The right to health and access to health care in Saudi Arabia with a particular focus on the women and migrants.- The Realization of the Right to Health for Refugees in Jordan.- The Right to Health: the Next American Dream.- The Brazilian Human Rights Indicators System: The Case of the Right to Health.- Aboriginal-specific Health Initiatives and Accessible Health Care in Canada; are goodwill initiatives enough.- The Right to Health in Peru: persistent vulnerabilities in the context of HIV/AIDS.- The Right to Health for Vulnerable and Marginalised Groups: Russia as a Case Study.- The Challenges to Realising the Right to Health in Ireland.- Dutch Realities: Evaluating Dutch Health Care Reform from a Human Rights Perspective.