Inclusion and human rights in health policies: Comparative and benchmarking analysis of 51 policies from Malawi, Sudan, South Africa and Namibia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  MacLachlan, Malcolm ^a,b   Amin, Mutamad ^c   Mannan, Hasheem ^a   El Tayeb, Shahla ^c   Bedri, Nafisa ^c   Swartz, Leslie ^b   Munthali, Alister ^d   van Rooy, Gert ^e   McVeigh, Joanne ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; GENDER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION; MALARIA; MALAWI; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAMIBIA; PATIENT SAFETY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BENCHMARKING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NAMIBIA; POLICY MAKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 84861395621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035864     Document Type: Article

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