Using human rights to improve maternal and neonatal health: History, connections and a proposed practical approach

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 589-593

  Gruskin, Sofia ^a   Cottingham, Jane ^b   Hilber, Adriane Martin ^c   Kismodi, Eszter ^b   Lincetto, Ornella ^b   Roseman, Mindy Jane ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; NEONATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN RIGHTS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 48749130379     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.050500     Document Type: Review

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