Global Health Challenges
Oct 31 - Nov 3, 2011 Bergen Resource Centre for International Development puts the focus on global health challenges this November.
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Monday, Oct 31
1600-1730
Book launch “Litigating Health Rights”
Siri Gloppen is a professor in comparative politics at the University of Bergen (UiB) and senior researcher at Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)
Alicia Ely Yamin is a lawyer and political scientist. She is associate senior researcher at CMI and adjunct lecturer at Harvard University
The last fifteen years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of health rights cases focusing on issues such as access to health services and essential medications. This book examines the potential of litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable for these obligations. It includes case studies from Costa Rica, South Africa, India, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, as well as chapters that address cross-cutting themes.
The authors analyze what types of services and interventions have been the subject of successful litigation and what remedies have been ordered by courts. Different chapters address the systemic impact of health litigation efforts, taking into account who benefits both directly and indirectly—and what the overall impacts on health equity are.
