Advancing the Human Right to Health discusses the global response to achieving the human right to health. Country-specific case studies and thematic chapters are used to provide context and assess the challenge to translating the right to health into action.

This book is unique in its focus on areas that are generally just touched upon in other books, such as women's health and human rights and the link with social transformation and the millennium development goals, which is one chapter, not one paragraph. The use of key exemplars to guide readers' understanding of the policy and the political arguments - for and against viewing health as a human right - are important. The presentation of the material is what makes this book different from others on the market. The list of contributors is impressive. This is a nice addition to policy books. Doody's Notes

Written and edited by world leaders in the study and application of health human rights Brings greater clarity to many complex clinical, ethical, economic, legal, and socio-cultural questions Includes case study chapters from low-, middle-, and high-income countries

Dr José M. Zuniga was appointed President of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC) in December 1999. He has published in various journals, authored chapters, and acted as a contributing editor for numerous books. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, and is a founding member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Themis. He is also the founding Chair of the Humanitas Foundation, which supports innovative approaches to improve individual, community, and public health. In addition, he advises regional and international agencies, including the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), on matters related to the field of HIV medicine. Professor Stephen P. Marks is the François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he directs the Program on Human Rights in Development. He is the author or editor of numerous articles and books relating to the human right to benefit including scientific progress, universal jurisdiction, cultural rights and human rights in development. He has also held teaching positions at Columbia University, Princeton University, the University of Phnom Penh Faculty of Law, Cardozo School of Law, Rutgers University School of Law, and City University of Hong Kong School of Law and University of Hong Kong Law School. He spent 12 years in the service of the United Nations, working for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and in various peacekeeping operations, including in Western Sahara and Cambodia. Professor Lawrence O. Gostin is University Professor, Georgetown University's highest academic rank conferred by the University President. He directs the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and was the Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law. He is Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University, Professor of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University, and Director of the Center for Law & the Public's Health at both universities. Professor Gostin is also the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Public Health Law & Human Rights. He holds numerous editorial appointments, and his principal position is the Health Law and Ethics Editor for the Journal of the American Medical Association. He is also Founding Editor-in-Chief of Laws. Professor Gostin has led major law reform initiatives in the United States, including the drafting of the Model Emergency Health Powers Act (MEHPA) to combat bioterrorism and the "Turning Point" Model State Public Health Act.

Written and edited by world leaders in the study and application of health human rights Brings greater clarity to many complex clinical, ethical, economic, legal, and socio-cultural questions Includes case study chapters from low-, middle-, and high-income countries