This paper seeks to advance human rights scholarship by locating the right to health within the broader frameworks of socioeconomic development and political governance. It identifies two critical factors as fundamentally responsible for the dismal state of health and wellbeing of Africans...

Eine Bilanz des bisher Erreichten ebenso wie noch anstehende Aufgaben auf allen wesentlichen Gebieten, so z.B. bei der Familienplanung, der Müttergesundheit, der Tendenz zur Verstädterung, der HIV-Prävention oder der reproduktiven Gesundheit Heranwachsender. (LK/WIT: von Grote)

As part of a multi-country study, maternal health services were reviewed in one health district in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Poor record-keeping, inadequate supervision, poor levels of clinical knowledge and under-utilisation of midwife obstetric units were found. Interventions identified...