http://moattari.info/45/jonathan-mann-award-for-global-health-human-rights/ Sharing Public health information for development workers Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:17:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://moattari.info/45/jonathan-mann-award-for-global-health-human-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Health & Human Rights « School of Public Health Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:05:39 +0000 http://moattari.info/2008/01/09/jonathan-mann-award-for-global-health-human-rights/#comment-25 [...] Health & Human Rights Posted on January 9, 2008 by moattari Surprisingly Health and Human Rights as a unique field (one concept) is a young, but rapidly growing and dynamic field. When we think about public health, unconsciously we consider it as a human right, these two words had evolved parallel but it took a long time until finally this field was introduced as a unique concept. The first time that human rights were explicitly named in a public health strategy was only in the late 1980s, when people looked at rights of HIV/AIDS patients seriously. Prof. Jonathan Mann’s observations were one of the early efforts to highlight the field.  Jonathan Mann’s 3 basic observations: ·        Human rights abuses can dramatically affect health·        Health can be dramatically worsened when human rights are ignored·        Health and human rights can act synergistically·         Today I learned about Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health & Human Rights, the deadline for nominees is January 15th, 2008. I believe this award and the announcement around it, can help to internalize this field among health policy makers and practitioners. For more info click here. [...] [...] Health & Human Rights Posted on January 9, 2008 by moattari Surprisingly Health and Human Rights as a unique field (one concept) is a young, but rapidly growing and dynamic field. When we think about public health, unconsciously we consider it as a human right, these two words had evolved parallel but it took a long time until finally this field was introduced as a unique concept. The first time that human rights were explicitly named in a public health strategy was only in the late 1980s, when people looked at rights of HIV/AIDS patients seriously. Prof. Jonathan Mann’s observations were one of the early efforts to highlight the field.  Jonathan Mann’s 3 basic observations: ·        Human rights abuses can dramatically affect health·        Health can be dramatically worsened when human rights are ignored·        Health and human rights can act synergistically·         Today I learned about Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health & Human Rights, the deadline for nominees is January 15th, 2008. I believe this award and the announcement around it, can help to internalize this field among health policy makers and practitioners. For more info click here. [...]

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