Using Human Rights to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Health: History, Connections and a Proposed Practical Approach

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol. 86, No. 8 , pp. 589-593, 2008

5 Pages Posted: 27 Jun 2011

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Sofia Gruskin

University of Southern California Institute on Inequalities in Global Health; University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine; University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Jane Cottingham

Independent

Adriane Martin Hilber

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland

Kismodi Eszter Kismödi

World Health Organization (WHO) - Department of Reproductive Health and Research

Ornella Lincetto

World Health Organization (WHO)

Mindy Jane Roseman

Harvard Law School

Date Written: June, 24 2011

Abstract

We describe the historical development of how maternal and neonatal mortality in the developing world came to be seen as a public-health concern, a human rights concern, and ultimately as both, leading to the development of approaches using human rights concepts and methods to advance maternal and neonatal health. We describe the different contributions of the international community, women’s health advocates and human rights activists. We briefly present a recent effort, developed by WHO with the Harvard Program on International Health and Human Rights, that applies a human rights framework to reinforce current efforts to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality.

Suggested Citation

Gruskin, Sofia and Cottingham, Jane and Hilber, Adriane Martin and Kismödi, Kismodi Eszter and Lincetto, Ornella and Roseman, Mindy J ., Using Human Rights to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Health: History, Connections and a Proposed Practical Approach (June, 24 2011). Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol. 86, No. 8 , pp. 589-593, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1872040

Sofia Gruskin (Contact Author)

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University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine ( email )

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University of Southern California Gould School of Law ( email )

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Jane Cottingham

Independent ( email )

Adriane Martin Hilber

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland ( email )

Bern
Switzerland

Kismodi Eszter Kismödi

World Health Organization (WHO) - Department of Reproductive Health and Research ( email )

Switzerland

Ornella Lincetto

World Health Organization (WHO) ( email )

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Switzerland

Mindy J . Roseman

Harvard Law School ( email )

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United States

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