Volume 18, Issue 2, December 2016

Photo credit: F. Noy, UNHCR, via Creative Commons

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Special Section: Universal Health Coverage and Human Rights

in collaboration with UConn Health

Editorial

The Contributions of Human Rights to Universal Health Coverage
Audrey R. Chapman, Guest Editor
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Foreword

Universal Health Coverage: A Return to Alma-Ata and Ottawa
Dainius Puras
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Three Case Studies in Making Fair Choices on the Path to Universal Health Coverage
Alex Voorhoeve, Tessa T.T. Edejer, Lydia Kapiriri, Ole F. Norheim, James Snowden, Olivier Basenya, Dorjsuren Bayarsaikhan, Ikram Chentaf, Nir Eyal, Amanda Folsom, Rozita Halina Tun Hussein, Cristian Morales, Florian Ostmann, Trygve Ottersen, Phusit Prakongsai, Carla Saenz, Karima Saleh, Angkana Sommanustweechai, Daniel Wikler, and Afisah Zakariah
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What Do Core Obligations under the Right to Health Bring to Universal Health Coverage?
Lisa Forman, Claudia Beiersmann, Claire E. Brolan, Martin McKee, Rachel Hammonds, and Gorik Ooms
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Using the Right to Health to Promote Universal Health Coverage: A Better Tool for Protecting Non-nationals’ Access to Affordable Health Care?
Claire Lougarre
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Closing the Gap Between Formal and Material Health Care Coverage in Colombia
Everaldo Lamprea and Johnattan García
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Human Rights and the Political Economy of Universal Health Care: Designing Equitable Financing
Anja Rudiger
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Assessing Private Sector Involvement in Health Care and Universal Health Coverage in Light of the Right to Health
Antenor Hallo de Wolf and Brigit Toebes
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Case Study of an Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Service in Australia: Universal, Rights-Based, Publicly Funded Comprehensive Primary Health Care in Action
Toby Freeman, Fran Baum, Angela Lawless, Ronald Labonté, David Sanders, John Boffa, Tahnia Edwards, and Sara Javanparast
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General Papers

Interpreting the International Right to Health in a Human Rights-Based Approach to Health
Paul Hunt
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International Human Rights and the Mistreatment of Women During Childbirth
Rajat Khosla, Christina Zampas, Joshua P. Vogel, Meghan A. Bohren, Mindy Roseman, and Joanna N. Erdman
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Europe’s Shifting Response to HIV/AIDS: From Human Rights to Risk Management
Julia Smith
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HIV and the Right to Health in Colombia
Corey Prachniak-Rincón and Jimena Villar de Onís
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HIV, Hepatitis C, TB, Harm Reduction, and Persons Deprived of Liberty: What Standards Does International Human Rights Law Establish?
Gen Sander and Rick Lines
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Reproductive Health Policy in Tunisia: Women’s Right to Reproductive Health and Gender Empowerment
Nada Amroussia, Isabel Goicolea, and Alison Hernandez
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Health for All? Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Implementation of the Right to Access to Health Care in South Africa
Alexandra Müller
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Australia’s Efforts to Improve Food Security for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Deanna Davy
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The Mental Health of Children and Parents Detained on Christmas Island: Secondary Analysis of an Australian Human Rights Commission Data Set
Sarah Mares
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Transforming Policy into Justice: The Role of Health Advocates in Mozambique
Ellie Feinglass, Nadja Gomes, and Vivek Maru
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Perspective Essay: Terminal Patients and the Right to Refuse Medical Treatment in Argentina
Martín Hevia and Daniela Schnidrig
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Book Reviews

Rethinking Health and Human Rights Through Emancipatory Frameworks Around Dignity and Well-being
Beatriz Galli
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Advancing Global Health and Human Rights in This Neoliberal Era
Gillian MacNaughton
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Letters to the Editor

Lessons from Jonathan Mann: The Ten Commandments on Multidrug-Resistant TB
Michael Kirby
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Moving the Debate Forward in Right to Health Litigation
Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz
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Response: On the Heterogeneity and Politics of the Judicialization of Health in Brazil
João Biehl, Mariana P. Socal, Joseph J. Amon
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