Inter South Dialogues
This is a report of a three-day Consultation on Reproductive Rights and Sexual Rights among activists from Latin America and South Asia held in New Delhi on 14-16 February 2005. Continue reading
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The Role and Relationship of Cultural Competence and Patient-Centeredness in Health Care Quality
Mary Catherine Beach, Somnath Saha, Lisa A. Cooper | The Commonwealth Fund | 1 October 2006 In recent years, patient-centeredness and cultural competence have been promoted as integral components in improving health care quality. Although these two approaches to health care… Continue reading
Advancing Right to Health: The Indian Context
Consultation on ‘New’ Reproductive and Genetic technologies and Women’s Lives
A report on the consultation organised by Sama June 2006 in Delhi. The consultation focussed on raising awareness about Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs), their implications, potential drawbacks, and collectively evolving strategies to address the issues surrounding ARTs. Continue reading
Surrogacy in Israel: A Model of Comprehensive Regulation of New Technologies
Jacqueline Hand | Santa Clara Journal of International Law | Vol 4, Issue 2 | 2006 This book review analyses the catalysts that propelled changes in Israel’s laws governing surrogate motherhood. It highlights the work of Professor D. Kelly Weisberg,… Continue reading
“We Have Our Protector”: Misperceptions of Protection Against HIV Among Participants in a Microbicide Efficacy Trial
Joanne E. Mantell, Neetha S. Morar, Gita Ramjee | American Journal of Public Health | June 2006 | Source: NCBI-PubMed Abstract Objectives We examined perceptions of the effectiveness and acceptability of a candidate microbicide among 94 South African female… Continue reading