Making Health a Human Right: The World Health Organization and the United Nations Programme on Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Developments

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Mason Meier
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Nations Programme ◽  
United Nations Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals World AIDS Day: 40 million with HIV

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (48) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Nations Programme ◽  
United Nations Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Living With Hiv

The number of people living with HIV globally continues to increase, with an estimated 39.4 million adults and children infected as of the end of 2004, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization

Development of Human Rights through WHO

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Mason Meier ◽  
Florian Kastler
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Response ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Organization

With both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the World Health Organization (WHO) coming into existence in 1948, there was great postwar promise that these two institutions would complement each other, with WHO serving to support human rights in its health policies, programs, and practices. Yet WHO’s support for human rights would vary dramatically in the decades that followed: neglecting human rights law during crucial years in the development of health-related rights, implementing human rights as a foundation for its “Health for All” campaign, and operationalizing rights-based standards in the international response to HIV/AIDS. This chapter examines WHO’s evolving contributions to (and, in some cases, negligence of) the rights-based approach to health, with this history framing WHO’s enduring challenges in exercising its international legal authorities, collaborating with the United Nations human rights system, and mainstreaming human rights in the WHO Secretariat.

scholarly journals Eastern Europe and Central Asia still home to world's fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemic

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (48) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Pritchard
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
World Health ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Nations Programme ◽  
United Nations Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Hiv Aids

The unfortunate distinction of having the world's fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemic still belongs to eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to the report, AIDS epidemic update 2002, released this week (1). In southern Africa, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has greatly decreased the capacity of farm communities to survive famine (2). The update on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic was issued by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization, in advance of World AIDS day on 1 December.

scholarly journals AIDS epidemic increasing faster in eastern Europe than in rest of world: new figures

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (48) ◽  
Author(s):  
B Twisselmann
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
World Health ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Nations Programme ◽  
United Nations Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The number of cases of HIV infection in eastern Europe is rising faster than anywhere else in the world, according to a report published by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on 28 November (1). The latest figures, published to coincide with this year’s World AIDS Day on 1 December, show that there were more than 75 000 new diagnoses of HIV infection in Russia between January and early November 2001, a 15-fold increase in just three years.

The Reaction to the Ebola Epidemic within the United Nations Framework: What Next for the World Health Organization?

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 405-424
Author(s):  
Pia Acconci
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Security Council ◽  
International Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Director General ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (who) was established in 1946 as a specialized agency of the United Nations (un). Since its establishment, the who has managed outbreaks of infectious diseases from a regulatory, as well as an operational perspective. The adoption of the International Health Regulations (ihrs) has been an important achievement from the former perspective. When the Ebola epidemic intensified in 2014, the who Director General issued temporary recommendations under the ihrs in order to reduce the spread of the disease and minimize cross-border barriers to international trade. The un Secretary General and then the Security Council and the General Assembly have also taken action against the Ebola epidemic. In particular, the Security Council adopted a resolution under Chapter vii of the un Charter, and thus connected the maintenance of the international peace and security to the health and social emergency. After dealing with the role of the who as a guide and coordinator of the reaction to epidemics, this article shows how the action by the Security Council against the Ebola epidemic impacts on the who ‘authority’ for the protection of health.

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