Rights and advocacy
The principle of non-discrimination is fundamental to public health and human rights thinking and practice. Neglect of the right to information can also have substantial health impacts; it is linked to stigmatisation of people with infectious diseases, including tuberculosis (TB).
Health workers can use a rights based approach to help identify key determinants that affect vulnerability to infection. It can then be used to reduce vulnerability by modifying laws, policies, regulations, or practices to make them consistent with human rights. Political commitment is also needed to implement the other four components of DOTS (directly observed treatment, short-course). It is essential for the mobilisation of resources and the sustainability of TB control programmes.
- Proposed draft roadmap to intensify action to reach the TB MDGs in Africa: 2005-2007
- This document, prepared by the Coordinating Board of the Stop TB Partnership, outlines proposals for mobilising action to meet the tuberculosis Millennium Development Goals (TB MDGs) in Africa. It provides details of activity areas, targets and financing needed to address the growing TB problem in the continent, where HIV and weak health systems are impeding progress.
Recommended reading
- TB advocacy report
- ( Stop TB Partnership , 2003)
- This year’s tuberculosis (TB) advocacy report from the World Health Organization (WHO) Stop TB Partnership puts a human face on the TB epidemic and the interaction between TB and HIV. Using a range o...
- A human rights approach to tuberculosis: Stop TB guidelines for social mobilization
- ( Stop TB Partnership , 2001)
- Recommended reading
- Every year nearly two million people die of TB, despite the fact that is it easily curable. Although anyone can catch it, it chiefly affects those who are discriminated against, who are excluded or w...
Latest Additions
- Maternal, child and women's health in South Africa: review 2006
- ( A. Padarath / Health Systems Trust, South Africa , 2007)
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What are the achievements, challenges and gaps that impact on transformation and strengthening of the South African health system? The South African Health Review (SAHR) serves as a knowledge resou...
- Using public-private partnership to expand directly observed treatment for TB: what are the challenges?
- ( World Health Organization , 2005)
- This report from the World Health Organization summarises proceedings from an international working group meeting on public-private sector mix (PPM) programmes for expanding DOTS (directly observed tr...
- The Global TB Drug Facility: what lies behind its success?
- ( Stop TB Partnership , 2005)
- This report from the Stop TB Partnership outlines the achievements of the Global Drug Facility (GDF), which it set up in 2001. The report finds that in just four years, the GDF has provided access to ...
