The emergence of a global right to health norm – the unresolved case of universal access to quality emergency obstetric care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19517477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Hammonds (University of Antwerp), Gorik Ooms (0000-0002-9804-0128, University of Antwerp) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-4 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC International Health and Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-698X • E-ISSN: 1472-698X |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1472-698x-14-4 |
| PMID | 24576008 |
| PMCID | PMC3974068 |
| OpenAlex | W2038725086 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 38 |
BACKGROUND: The global response to HIV suggests the potential of an emergent global right to health norm, embracing shared global responsibility for health, to assist policy communities in framing the obligations of the domestic state and the international community. Our research explores the extent to which this global right to health norm has influenced the global policy process around maternal health rights, with a focus on universal access to emergency obstetric care. METHODS: In examining the extent to which arguments stemming from a global right to health norm have been successful in advancing international policy on universal access to emergency obstetric care, we looked at the period from 1985 to 2013 period. We adopted a qualitative case study approach applying a process-tracing methodology using multiple data sources, including an extensive literature review and limited key informant interviews to analyse the international policy agenda setting process surrounding maternal health rights, focusing on emergency obstetric care. We applied John Kingdon's public policy agenda setting streams model to analyse our data. RESULTS: Kingdon's model suggests that to succeed as a mobilising norm, the right to health could work if it can help bring the problem, policy and political streams together, as it did with access to AIDS treatment. Our analysis suggests that despite a normative grounding in the right to health, prioritisation of the specific maternal health entitlements remains fragmented. CONCLUSIONS: Despite United Nations recognition of maternal mortality as a human rights issue, the relevant policy communities have not yet managed to shift the policy agenda to prioritise the global right to health norm of shared responsibility for realising access to emergency obstetric care. The experience of HIV advocates in pushing for global solutions based on right to health principles, including participation, solidarity and accountability; suggest potential avenues for utilising right to health based arguments to push for policy priority for universal access to emergency obstetric care in the post-2015 global agenda
Economic growth · Economics · Global health · Health care · Human rights · Normative · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Right to health · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · Global Maternal and Child Health · Human Rights and Development · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Health Policy
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |