Global health disputes and disparities : a critical appraisal of international law and population health / Dru Bhattacharya.
2013
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Author
Title
Global health disputes and disparities : a critical appraisal of international law and population health / Dru Bhattacharya.
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Call Number
K3260.3 .B48 2013
ISBN
9780415673808 (hbk.)
0415673801 (hbk.)
9780203080917 (ebk)
0203080912 (ebk)
0415673801 (hbk.)
9780203080917 (ebk)
0203080912 (ebk)
Description
xii, 167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)754732882
Note
Based on author's presentations at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association.--Acknowledgements, page [xi].
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-163) and index.
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Table of Contents
List of illustrations
ix
Acknowledgements
x
1.
Introduction to international law and global health
1
2.
critical assessment of treaty-monitoring bodies: A case study of CEDAW's Optional Protocol
5
Introduction
I.
Proposed legal framework for considering a communication
8
A.
Parsing individual and structural conceptions of remedies
9
B.
Form and substance of Committee review and deliberations
14
C.
On the nature and scope of general recommendations
18
II.
Examining the Optional Protocol in practice
21
A.
Review of the allegations, violations, and reasons employed
22
B.
Interpretive trends and the utility of the proposed legal framework
44
C.
Applying the framework to a health-related claim: abortion
46
III.
Conclusion
50
Key international law and public health questions
50
3.
Perspectives from the field: A conversation with George Annas, J.D., M.P.H., Chair, Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights; William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor
52
4.
At the intersection of law, human rights, and religion: A case study in female autonomy in Hinduism and Islam
55
Introduction
55
I.
Trends in unsafe abortions and female decision-making capacity
56
A.
Public health burden and impact on women in India
56
B.
Public health burden and impact on women in Pakistan
57
II.
Legal instruments and derogation from human rights obligations
59
A.
Declarations and reservations to CEDAW
59
B.
Indian unconstitutional agenda furthered by conflicting laws and rulings
61
C.
Pervasive problems amidst an incoherent legal framework in Pakistan
63
III.
Reconciling human rights, religion, and social justice
63
A.
Muddupalani's Radhika Santawanam and [post] colonial patriarchy
65
B.
parameters of female autonomy and sexuality in foundational texts: The Mahabharata
72
C.
principle of awliyah and the exercise of female autonomy
82
D.
Utilizing religion to promote human rights and functional capabilities
85
IV.
Recommendations for ethical, legal and structural reform
87
V.
Conclusion
88
Suggested further reading
88
5.
Perspectives from the field: A conversation with Benjamin Meier, Ph.D., J.D., LL.M., Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
90
6.
Trade and health: Emergent paradigms and case studies in infectious diseases
96
Introduction
96
I.
Indonesia's withdrawal of H1N1 viral samples
98
A.
Conceptual fallacy of the most stable nation status
99
B.
overview of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and the IHR
100
II.
Securing global health interests cannot be traced to the Doha Declaration or the IHR
101
A.
HIV/AIDS and access: The South African experience
102
B.
Doha Declaration and public health emergencies
105
C.
NPIs are not a long-term solution to contain infectious diseases
106
D.
SARS and XDR-TB: Aggressive implementation of NPIs may compound health problems and threaten fundamental human rights
108
III.
State epidemic control and use of biological materials
108
A.
Withholding viral strains is in potential contravention to a State's obligations under the IHR in taking measures to control epidemics
108
B.
State control of biological materials is an invalid proxy for individual rights and is superseded by public health imperatives
109
IV.
Conclusion
114
7.
Perspectives from the field: A conversation with Kayhan Parsi, Ph.D., J.D., Associate Professor of Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago
115
8.
Epidemiology and the challenge of regulating social determinants of health
119
Introduction
119
I.
Argument in favor of mandatory vaccination
120
A.
Trends in national rates of adolescent sexual behavior, knowledge of HPV, and its attendant health consequences
122
B.
Knowledge of HPV and its attendant health consequences
124
C.
Legal basis for a mandate and insufficient efforts to protect adolescent health
125
D.
Initial reflection upon the arguments
132
II.
Incorporating a social epidemiological framework to reduce cervical cancer
133
A.
Clinical and epidemiological backdrop
134
B.
Rationale for, and likely role of, fundamental causes
134
C.
Pathway 1: Stress as denial: An indirect social construct prohibiting vaccine uptake
135
D.
Stress, individual and provider/system characteristics, and behaviors
137
E.
Emerging, yet unspecified, role of microRNAs in stress and HPV-infection
138
F.
Brief proposal of a study that may explore the validity of the model
141
Suggested further reading
144
9.
Perspectives from the field: A conversation with John Kraemer, J.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
145
Notes
148
References
162
Index
164