Download this complete HTML document as Zip File (2.49 MB) TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Author 1. The Causes of Hunger and Malnutrition: Macro and Micro Determinants     Macro and micro causes of malnutrition     Diagnosing the causes of hunger and malnutrition     Proposing solutions     The role of ideology (4)(5)     A critical look at nutrition planning     Working with the community     References 2. Technical, Ethical and Ideological Responsibilities in Nutrition     Introduction     Science: Its political, ideological and ethical implications     The scientist as a promoter of status quo or social change     Economic power, political power and poverty     Where do liberal food and nutrition workers stand?     A critical look at our profession and ourselves     The future challenge     References 3. De-Westernizing Health Planning and Health Care Delivery: A Political...     Understanding the roots of the problem: Western medicine and its hierarchy     The participation issue     Decentralization     Steps towards de-westernization     Notes     References 4. Book Review: Susan George. A Fate Worse Than Debt: A radical new analysis... 5. Viewpoint - Ethics, Ideology and Nutrition     Ethos     Ideology     Liberals     Radicals     Political naivete?     Social consciousness     What can I do?     Tool     Establish links     References: 6. Ethics And Ideology in the Battle Against Malnutrition     How is our ethos formed?     How is ideology formed?     Liberals and radicals - a typology     How relevant is our work?     Are we politically naif?     Are we afraid of speaking-up in political terms?     Nutritionists in the third world     A new direction? - Some possible conclusions     An attempt to know who we are     References 7. The Challenge of Feeding the People: Chile under Allende and Tanzania...     Abstract     The conceptualization of malnutrition as a problem and its effects on nutrition...     The challenge of feeding the people: How it has been addressed     Nutrition intervention in Chile and Tanzania: Two perspectives of a shared...     Tanzania and Chile: A review in perspective     References 8. The Role of Health and Nutrition in Development (Le Rôle de la...     Abstract - Résumé - Resumen     The role of health and nutrition in development     Capacity of the current system to alleviate hunger and malnutrition. 9. Multidisciplinarity, Paradigms and Ideology in Development Work     Setting the focus     An attempt to define the concepts     A development paradigm?     Multidisciplinarity     The role of conceptual frameworks     Ideology     Ethos and norms     Conflicts in the terminology?     Subjectivity of the sciences     The social and the classical sciences in development work     Science and its environment - The real world around us     Does a universality and pluralism of theories exist that makes multidisciplinary...     Transcending narrow paradigms     Crisis - The battle of the paradigms     The dilemmas in choosing a new paradigm     Who are the real innovators?     Tackling the basic causes of maldevelopment     A critical look at what we do     The limits of traditional development project evaluation     “We should” - Our inherent obligations and the challenges ahead     Conclusions     Acknowledgements     References 10. Survey on Attitudes to Nutrition Planning 11. “Household Purchasing-Power Deficit” - A More Operational...     The indicator     Uses and potential abuses of the proposed indicator     Income generation     Income redistribution     Food consumption subsidies - Rationing system     Conclusions     References 12. Foreign Aid and its Role in Maintaining the Exploitation of the Agricultural...     Evidence of the exploitation: A preamble and five exhibits     Sources, uses, and sectoral distribution of foreign aid: A preamble and...     Putting it all together: A final balance sheet     Postscript     References 13. Low School Performance: Malnutrition or Cultural Deprivation? 14. Hunger and Malnutrition: Outlook for Changes in the Third World* 15. Viewpoint: Nutrition Planning - What Relevance to Hunger?     The general issues     North-South conflict     The response of the rich     Aid and funding agencies     The international bureaucracy     The basic questions     The planners and the people     Research     A third world perspective 16. Rosalia 17. The Political Economy of Ill Health and Malnutrition     The situation: The macro and micro levels.     The actors : institutions, social groups and individuals     The methods and solutions     Epilog:     References 18. Commentary - The Markets of Hunger: Questioning Food Aid (Non-Emergency/Long-Term)     Introduction     The politics of food aid: in the donor countries - in the recipient countries     Not just any kind of aid     Concluding remarks     References 19. Activism to Face World Hunger: Exploring New Needed Commitments     The problem(s) of hunger and its (their) solutions     Looking at ourselves and the other actors in the battle against hunger...     Organizing ourselves and others     Keeping our eyes open and constantly learning more about the issues at...     Speaking up! 20. The Child Survival Revolution: A Critique - or Health Still Only for...     Abstract     Background     The key questions     Do people really have choices?     A critical look at GOBI and the Child Survival Revolution     The efficacy of GOBI     The implementation of GOBI     References 21. Development Nemesis     Part One: Development and today's reality         Abstract         Introduction         Section I. Western development: Past and present             1.1. A critique of outdated development theories and praxis             1.2. Third World development as seen by the North             1.3. The oversold technological approach in Western development         Section II. Myth and reality in development ideology, paradigms and models             2.1. Ideology and development models             2.2. Paradigms and new theories             2.3. The irrelevance of current development studies             2.4. The myth of objectivity and of apoliticism             2.5. The issue of social power         Epilogue     Part Two: The actors and the future of development - The era of empowerment         Abstract         Introduction         Section III : The actors in today's development drama (Or rather farce?)             3.1. From liberals to progressives: a typology of modern-day secular missionaries...             3.2. What liberals need to - the normative dimension         Section IV: The non-actors in today's development             4.1. Issues on participation             4.2. Participation: the future         Section V: Development: The future             5.1. What is needed to overcome stale third world development policies:...     Epilogue     Biographical note 22. Looking Beyond the Doable: Resolutions for a New Development Decade 23. Egos/ Alter Egos of the Main Actors in Development Projects:     Why projects don't work     The "expert"     The consultancy's management     The donor agency officer     The civil servant     ...Anyone wants to add a profile for the NGO worker...? P.S.: 24. Positive Deviance in Child Nutrition: a Discussion     Positive deviance in context. Positive Deviance: The difference between...     Positive Deviance in situations of failure to thrive as opposed to situations...     Positive Deviance and Poverty     Gaining weight by behaving in a positively deviant manner     What is behind positive deviant attitudes?     Conclusion     References 25. The Project Approach in Development Assistance 26. Triage Management in Third World Health Ministries 27. On Behalf of the African Child: Challenges and Windows of Opportunity...     THE NINE PANELS     PANEL No. 1: The empowerment factor     PANEL No. 2: A national commitment to health and nutrition: Does everything...     PANEL No. 3 : Breaking out of the poverty cycle     PANEL No. 4 : An enhanced role for the caring of children     PANEL No. 5 : The right to know     PANEL No. 6 : The population/PHC/nutrition link     PANEL No. 7 : Never be sorry to be too late     PANEL No. 8 : Pressures imposed to address the economy: Do the people matter?     PANEL No. 9 : Other factors to reckon with in the 90s 28. The Household Entitlements Revolution or a Women-Centered Approach... 29. Brave New World: A Political Pendulum in Search of its Balance 30. Malnutrition and Income: Are We Being Misled? (A Dissenting View with...     The issue of malnutrition and income as presented in the literature:     The thesis: (A counter-argument)     What to do then?     References 31. A Path for the 1990s?: Government-Donor Partnership to Finance PHC... 32. Downsizing the Civil Service in Developing Countries: The Golden Handshake...     Introduction: Setting the empirical and conceptual scene:     Why downsize?     Why a golden handshake?     Possible new approaches and their limitations: How much to downsize?: Determining...     How to downsize?: To set preconditions or not to set     What to do with the wages saved from downsizing?     The Kenya example     The golden handshake: A grant or a loan to departing civil servants?     To give incentives or to dismiss     Other implementation issues: Alternatives on how to set up the payment...     How to redeploy public servants to the private sector?     Conclusions     References 33. The World Declaration on Nutrition and the 1992 International Conference...     Do international conferences solve world problems?     Do international declarations change the course of history?     Do international conferences overlap in their purposes?     Do international conferences bring out the best in the process of their...     Where are we left after ICN? 34. Income Generation Activities for Women, the Ninth Essential Element... 35. Some Reflections on ACC/SCN's 'How Nutrition Improves' 36. Nutritional Goals for the Mid-Nineties: A Call for Advocacy and Action 37. A. The Emerging Sustainable Development Paradigm: A Global Forum on...     A development paradigm in need of replacement     Windows of opportunity to take advantage of: (Normative aspects)     The three pillars of an emerging sustainable development paradigm:     Getting from the old to the new paradigm: The time for consolidating a...     Reevaluating the major development objectives in the late-nineties: Should...     References 37. B. Sustainable Development beyond Ethical Pronouncements: the Role...     The context     The background     What commitments are needed beyond ethics?: From the normative to the operational...     The primarily ethics-led process to sustainable development     The primarily politically-led process to sustainable development     Networking     Leadership     References 38. Foreign Aid: Giving Conditionalities a Good Name or Conditionalities:... 39. The Community Development Dilemma: when are Service Delivery, Capacity...     Service delivery     Capacity building     Advocacy     Social mobilisation 40. Development in the Mid 1990s: Reflections of an Old Socialist 41. Book Review: Questioning the solution -The politics of primary health... 42. Equity In Health and Nutrition and the Globalization of the World's... 43. A. Different Challenges in Combating Micronutrient Deficiencies and... 43. B. Micronutrient Deficiencies and Protein-Energy Malnutrition 44. Northern-Led Development: is it Selling Technical Fixes to Solve the...     The foreign aid scenario under a technical fix approach     Endnote: 45. Actions and Activism in Fostering Genuine Grassroots Participation... 46. Health, Nutrition and Sustainable Development.     The need for a more critical and visionary attitude     Endnote     Postscript     References 47. New Perspectives, Old Risks: our Need to Change and to Reconceptualize... 48. Health Sector Reform Measures: Are they Working?... And where do we... 49. On Development, the Real World, Power Games and the Ugly Faces of Greed... 50. So What... in Search of the 'Big Picture' in Development (Food for... 51. Can Significantly Greater Equity be Achieved through Targeting?: An...     Poverty, equity and social justice     Equity and health for all     Equity, structural adjustment and safety nets for the poor:     Who are the poor and how do we find them?     Equity and the public/private allocation of resources     Avenues and dead-end streets to equity     Equity and targetry (**)     Equity and participation     Equity and prepayment schemes     Equity and social security     Where to go from here? 52. Globalization, or the Fable of the Mongoose and the Snake (Fableous...     Globalization and its negative consequences:     A dearth of workable solutions?     The Equity/Equality approach     The Human Rights approach     Bolder steps are needed     Three caveats     In closing     References 53. Elements for a Nutrition Activism Course and Curriculum* 54. The Role of Human Rights in Politicizing Development Ethics, Development... 55. A Letter to the Student Erica who is Planning to Specialize in International... 56. Food for a Capitalist thought - Book Review - The Lugano Report: On... 57. Food for Finding where Your Thoughts Are - Variations on a Theme by... 58. Remembering 59. Letter to The Lancet - Draft 2 IMCI: An Initiative in Need of a New... 60. Food for Planning the Right Human Thoughts - Human Rights Based Planning:... 61. Food for an Ombudsman's Thought - On Health Sector Reform, Health and... 62. What does the New UN Human Rights Approach Bring to the Struggle of...     We live in a new age of rights     The Challenge: what changes?     The Human Rights approach: Some Iron Laws     The participation factor in Human Rights     The use of indicators in Human Rights work     The World Bank, or a position full of contradictions on how to look at...     Human Rights from the United Nations' and the NGOs' perspective     Writing Human Rights into law     Training in Human Rights     Some conclusions 63. Food for a Poor Thought on Health and Poverty - Health a Precious Asset,... 64. Food for a Poor Thought on Attacking Poverty - The WB's World... 65. Human Rights or the Importance of Being Earnest: A Personal Account 66. AID and Reform in Africa: Lessons from Ten Case Studies, Final Report 67. Food for Thought About a State of Mind (2) - On Morality, Freedom,... 68. Thinking Loud - On Statistics* 69. Health and Human Rights Readers     Prologue     Rosalia     1. Introduction     2. Human Rights or the Importance of Being Earnest: A Personal Account     3. The Sixteen Groups of Human Rights     4. Human Rights Based Planning: The New Approach     5. What Does the New UN Human Rights Approach bring to the Struggle of...     6. What Does the New UN Human Rights Approach bring to the Struggle of...     7. What Does the New UN Human Rights Approach bring to the Struggle of...     8. What Does the New UN Human Rights Approach bring to the Struggle of...     9. The Role of Human Rights in Politicizing Development Ethics, Development...     10. The Role of Human Rights in Politicizing Development Ethics, Development...     11. The Role of Human Rights in Politicizing Development Ethics, Development...     12. The Role of Human Rights in Politicizing Development Ethics, Development...     13. On the Role of the State, the UN and Civil Society     14. Health, Human Rights and Donors     15. Arguments in Favor of an Empowering Community Capacity Building in...     16. Short Discussion Topics     17. Elements for a Human Rights Activists Course and Curriculum     18. Some Pearls of Wisdom about Health Care Financing     19. Health Sector Reform and the Unmet Needs of the Poor: A Critique     20. On Development, the Real World, Power Games and the Ugly Faces of Greed     21. On Morality, Freedom, Choices, Justice and the Need for People's...     22. Variations on a Theme by the Chilean Writer Isabel Allende     23. On Statistics     24. Food for NGOs Thoughts     25. Food for Donors Thoughts     26. Caveat Emptor: A Participatory Approach is not a Human Rights Approach!     27. Development And Rights: The Undeniable Nexus     28. On the Role of the State, the UN and Civil Society     29. On Vulnerability, Access and Discrimination     30. Potpourri     31. Human Rights and South-South Cooperation     32. A Call for Substance and Networking     33. Human Rights are Very Much on the Agenda of Development Work     34. Rights are Guaranteed Entitlements: Right?     35. 'Charity is Obscene from a Human Rights Perspective'     36. Perspectives on Human Rights: Furthering the Debate     37. Putting Equity and Human Rights in Health on the Agenda: The Role of...     38. Putting Equity and Human Rights in Health on the Agenda: The Role of...     39. Social Exclusion and Human Rights     40. Beyond Capacity Analysis: Additional Elements of a Human Rights-Based...     41. Beyond Capacity Analysis: Additional Elements of a Human Rights-Based...     42. On Capacity Building Needs: The Macro Issues in Human Rights     43. The Ideological Neutrality of Human Rights is its Greatest Strength,...     44. An Introduction to Children's Rights     45. Globalization, Health Rights and Health Sector Reform: Implication...     46. Stepping into the New Age of the Right to Adequate Nutrition: Snail...     47. Stepping into the New Age of the Right to Adequate Nutrition: Snail...     48. A Case of Logic - The Human Rights Advocacy Syllogism     49. The Difference Between Project and Process is Ownership. Human Rights...     50. NGOs should not be Human Rights Blind and should be Judged by their...     51. The Need to Struggle is Actually a Built-In Principle of Human Rights...     52. The Law is the Law...and Human Rights are not yet the Law     53. Human Rights are Universal, but the Risk of Having One's Rights...     54. Some Well Known and Some Less Well Known Aspects of Human Rights Work     55. Human Rights Violations are Part of a Social Disease with Historical...     56. Objectivity in the Analytical Stages of the Planning Process is Nothing...     57. We Have to Learn to Look at Totalities, Rather Than at Fragments of...     58. It is through Ideology that Society Ultimately Explains Itself. (Part...     59. Social and Economic Injustice are not an Accident. (Part 5 of 16)     60. As Human Rights Activists we are too often Committed to Stability as...     61. Projects Dreamed Up in a Social Vacuum Must Play Themselves out in...     62. The Political Imperative in Human Rights Work. (Part 8 of 16)     63. Many Among us Think that Politics is Dirty or not a Virtuous Activity....     64. Passivity Makes us Accomplices of the Status-Quo. Many of us, with...     65. So, What Have We Achieved in the Last Few Years? Have We Been Using...     66. A Dead-End Option (Part 12 of 16)     67. Why are We so often Conciliatory when We should be Confrontational?...     68. Some Aspects of the Politics of Women's Rights and the Politics...     69. A Basis to Develop a New Vision for the Future. (Part 15 of 16)     70. A Basis to Develop a New Praxis for the Future (Part 16 of 16)     71. Remember?: Rights Mean not only Having a Right to Something, but also...     72. The Poor and Marginalized themselves will have to Ultimately Address...     73. Recapitulating: the Eight Major Differences between the Basic Needs...     74. Five Decades of Development Assistance have Cost the World over 1 Trillion...     75. More on Human Rights Workers as Activists     76. Why Power only Yields to Counter-Power     77. More on Leadership     78. We Have Declared War on Poverty and Poverty has Won. (President Lyndon...     79. Human Rights and the "Weapons of Mass Deception"     80. Asserting and Affirming Human Rights is as Conflict-Prone as it is...     81. On NGOs and the Rights of Winners and Losers     82. Trade, Governance and Human Rights     83. Human Rights and the Growing 'GAP'     84. Development = Substantial and Steady Advancement in the Realization...     85. Activism, Profession, Compassion and Political Solidarity     86. Does Improving the Provision of Services Empower Poor People, or is...     87. Excuse the Redundancy, but the Poor are a Majority: How does this Make...     88. 'Behind Human Rights are Freedoms and Needs so Fundamental that...     89. Unfortunately, Human (People's) Rights Violations do not Call...     90. Human Rights Principles: What They Mean in Practice     91. The Human Rights Discourse in Health. (Part 1 of 2)     92. The Human Rights Discourse in Health. (Part 2 of 2)     93. The Rise of Rights     94. A Characterization of the Current Stage of Human Rights Work     95. Two non-actors in Human Rights     96. On the Human Rights discourse and 'what one-is and is-not'     97. Succeed, We Ultimately Must! If Not, Human Rights will be Relegated...     98. A Primer for a National Action Plan to Operationalise the Right to...     99. A Primer for a National Action Plan to Operationalise the Right to...     100. A Primer for a National Action Plan to Operationalise the Right to...     101. NGOs: A network of protagonists (and denouncers of the slow progress...     102. More on Poverty and Human Rights     103. People who file claims to secure their right to health and adequate...     104. How aggressively should governments be put under pressure in the struggle...     105. Is there such a thing as a fair and human-rights-sensitive (Capitalist)...     106. Feeling helpless or lost (or being used) in your work?: Adopt the...     107. Always check if the Government is 'putting its money where its...     108. Always check if the Government is 'putting its money where its...     109. Glossary of Human Rights Terms     110. If I accept the responsibility that I should act, and I have the authority...     111. Before I start this poem     112. The Sachs Macroeconomics and Health Report: Investing in health for...     112. The Sachs Macroeconomics and Health Report: Investing in health for...     112. The Sachs Macroeconomics and Health Report: Investing in health for...     112. The Human Rights Discourse in Health (19 key statements)     115. It will be via Poverty Alleviation Programs that Human Rights will...     116. Poverty does not persist solely because of incompetent, corrupt governments...     117. It is on the basis of a broken social contract and of global injustice...     118. Would you consider yourself to be (at least part-time) a health and...     119. In human rights work, our legitimacy and authority are only as strong...     120. On foreign aid, corruption, democracy and development: implications...     121. Human rights in the era of neoliberal global restructuring     122. Using the millennium agenda as a reference point implies side-lining...     122. A rights-based approach to the MDGS     123. People have rights even without any specific legislation saying so     124. Human rights and the World Trade Organization     125. Being a human rights activist is not an illusion one should lose at...     126. MDGs are to (eventually) end extreme poverty, not most poverty; so,...     127. Yesterday's future has arrived: The Post-Washington consensus...     128. Yesterday's future has arrived: The Post-Washington consensus...     129. The rights-based approach fundamentally changes the nature of state-society...     130. How we, HR activists, are duped: just a few examples     131. Some questions with human rights implications that are seldom asked     132. If a state has ratified a treaty, it is legally bound to implement it: a reiteration. (Part 1 of 2)     133. If a state has ratified a treaty, it is legally bound to implement it: a reiteration. (Part 2 of 2)     134. Human rights and the corridors of power.     135. "Bread and health for all before cake and circus for anyone".     136. In human rights work, cliche thinking in terms of good and evil is not helpful at all.     137. The human rights-based approach: a distilled inventory of its essential attributes...     138. The human rights-based approach: a distilled inventory of its essential attributes...     139. Human rights questions i wish i had concise answers for.     140. Many still think human rights are about political prisoners and street demonstrations.     141. It is not an exaggeration to say that the human rights-based approach is in a different...     142. Human rights are no longer a-preoccupation-that-is-best-left-aside...     143. Power makes even the ugliest look handsome.     144. Programs for the poor most often are poor programs: reducing the income gap...     145. Working with the marginalized and the excluded, and attending to their human rights...     146. Group rights and collective rights are not the sum of individual rights.     147. Because of their universality, sovereignty must sometimes come second to human rights.     148. From the human rights perspective, power imbalances underlie health inequities.     149. Moral progress does not exist; we are not more moral today than what we were...     150. Free trade agreements, millennium development goals, and human rights: working...     151. Human rights have to be a core component of the promotion of democracy.     152. Jonsson's credo. (part 1 of 2)     153. Jonsson's credo. (part 2 of 2)     154. Human rights have to be transformative rather than just simply easing human suffering.     155. Public health brings a counterbalance to the individual-centered view of human rights.     156. The rich have power because of their money, and the poor have power because of their...     157. Exploring a critical, systemic approach to health rights. (part 1 of 4)     158. Exploring a critical, systemic approach to health rights. (part 2 of 4)     159. Exploring a critical, systemic approach to health rights. (part 3 of 4)     160. Exploring a critical, systemic approach to health rights. (part 4 of 4)     161. Human rights obligations rich countries are not honoring.     162. Human rights and poverty alleviation.     163. Human rights have to go from the conceptual, to policy to action.     164. From a human rights perspective, public health stands at a crossroad.     165. Human rights activists are not social engineers; they are public mobilizers.     166. It is only when potential individual benefits are seen more clearly as being high...     167. The recognition of human rights such as they are expressed in international...     168. Do statistics serve the human rights cause well?     169. The lack of funding to carry out national or local human rights assessments     170. The respect of the right to health is a reflection of a society's commitment...     171. More iron laws that affect human rights: use them!     172. Physical capital wears out; social capital does not. The more it is used in exercising...     173. Human rights violations are no longer a private affair, because they now have...     174. Gender equality is not just a women's issue, but a development and a human rights issue.     175. The human rights discourse is globalization-skeptic and ifis*-skeptic.     176. The human rights discourse is also mdgs-skeptic.     177. In some cases, the human rights discourse is religion-skeptic.     178. Of claim holders, duty bearers and agents of accountability.     179. Why has there been no wider public debate on human rights?     180. Social progress has always depended on public pressure.     181. In the development debate, the perception of poor people as people in need rather than...     182. We do not need more philanthropy and patriarchy; we need more emphasis on human rights.     183. Clarifying the responsibility of the different levels of government is at the center...     184. In human rights work, we cannot wait for political will --we need to generate it!     185. When we stand naked before the unvarnished mirror of truth, what we see...     186. International NGOs demand more funds from donors but, with those funds...     187. The purpose of freedom from want is to create it for others.     188. We hear endless appeals-to and laments-about the lack of political will to address...     189. In human rights work, when you deal with symptoms you generate sympathy, when...     190. Corporate social responsibility does not revolve around human rights concerns...     191. Corporations need clear, binding human rights rules.     192. Human rights: while small success stories are certainly possible needed global...     193. In this, its 60    ^th anniversary, the universal declaration of human rights is still a kind of...     194. Keep in mind: in human rights work we are in a struggle not only for accountability...     195. The human right to health care process revisited. (Part 1 of 2)     196. The human right to health care process revisited. (Part 2 of 2)     197. The human right to health and to adequate nutrition in a structurally unequal society.     198. To define yourself as a human rights activist means initially going against the current.     199. Human rights violations are not only 'social regrettables'.     200. A human rights-based poverty line is possible: it is one that points to the income level...     201. The human rights-based framework is here to put right avoidable wrongs worldwide.     202. In the spirit of the Paris declaration on development cooperation, the improvement...     203. Something has gone terribly wrong with the promotion of democracy: our elected...     204. The preamble of who's constitution unequivocally states that the enjoyment...     205. Health sector reform measures: have they worked?... And where do we go from here?...     206. Health sector reform measures: have they worked?... And where do we go from here?...     207. Health care as a right: what you need to know. (Part 1 of 3)     208. Health care as a right: what you need to know. (Part 2 of 3)     209. Health care as a right: what you need to know. (Part 3 of 3)     210. Human rights are part of a never-ending human struggle to improve people's lives...     211. Human rights are part of a never-ending human struggle to improve people's lives... 70. Aiming at the Target: What's Left for the Devil to Advocate?     The big hype     The outcome-process riddle     Being realistic     On convergence     The Human Rights twist     The equity factor     On accusations of dependency and top-down implementation     Donors (and we ourselves) touch some projects more than others     The poverty alleviation connection: 71. 'Elemental Watson': The Health Sector Reform's faulty... 72. Putting Equity and Human Rights in Health on the Agenda: The Role of...     Introduction     The background     The concept of Human Rights in health and why it is used     Experiences from some NGOs already using the Equity/Human Rights approach     Practical ways for NGOs to adopt the Equity/Human Rights focus in their...     References     Acknowledgements 73. Money is Tinted by the Colour from where it comes from or Children... 74. Some Pearls of Wisdom about Health care Financing 75. Beyond Capacity Analysis: Additional Elements of a Human Rights-based... 76. Stepping into the New Age of the Right to Adequate Nutrition: Snail...     The Situation     The Challenge: what now has to change     The Right to adequate Nutrition     The key issues to fight for 77. Poverty Reduction and National Budgets 78. Missing 79. Optional Health Care Financing Mechanisms for third World Countries:...     I. Introduction     II. A sorry diagnosis?     III. Fee for service-financed health care     IV. Medicines: How much of a culprit?     V. A basket of potential solutions?     VI. 'Righting the wrong' in the obsolete geographic allocation...     VII. And the winner is...Community-based health insurance (CBHI) 80. The Peoples Health Movement: A People's Campaign for Health for...     Background     The first People's Health Assembly     The People's Charter for Health     Significant Gains made by the People's Health Movement     Conclusion 81. Towards the Millennium Development Goals: Yes, but... 82. Book Review: Dignity Counts: A Guide to Using Budget Analysis to Advance... 83. The Human Rights Discourse in Health     A. Meaning of the human rights discourse in health     B. How to strengthen the HR-based approach in our work in health: 84. Food and Nutrition 2005: The Human Rights Perspective 85. A True Jewel in the Annals of Social Medicine: Young Allende's... 86. A. Replaced by another version. A Primer for a National Action Plan to...     Objectives for a national action plan     Specific actions under the Action Plan 86. B. Towards social and economic justice in health: Claiming the Right to Health as a means... 87. Is the Gap in Policy Processes towards better Food Security and Nutrition Interventions... 88. Our Role as Nutritionists in the Call by the World Bank to Put Nutrition at the Centre... 89. A guided Tour Through Key Principles and Issues of the Human Rights-based Framework. 90. How Does the Human Rights-based Approach Change Development Ethics and Development... 91. The Assessment of the Right to Health Care and the Challenges in Asia. 92. Gender Equality is not Just a Women’s Issue, But a Development and a Human Rights Issue. 93. Ethical and Political Responsibilities in our Work in Health. 94. Ethics and Ideology in the Context of Health. 95. Thirty Questions the World Health Organization is not Asking itself --but should-- when... 96. An Ethical Question: Are Health Professionals Promoters of Status-quo or of Social Change? 97. Making Nutrition and Health More Equitable Within Inequitable Societies. 98. The Right to Health: A People's Health Movement Perspective and Case Study.