Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title BMC International Health and Human Rights: 2016 in Review Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet BMC Blog Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 6/12/16 Description ealth professionals in low-income countries spend much of their professional lives dealing with the consequences of deficiencies in human rights for children, but have little influence over many factors that impact on this. Bernadette Ann-Marie O’Hare et al. discussed a framework in their article within which healthcare workers can carry out an audit and be agents for change at a local level. Looking at basic rights such as access to clean water, sanitation, food, shelter, education, and health, O’Hare et al. notified that such audits can provide information on the proportion of children living in a catchment who do not have access to their basic rights, and achieve several objectives. Aside from raising awareness on basic human rights and their importance to health, the audits could give the healthcare worker an informed voice to advocate at forums such as district councils, and legitimise their role as agents for change. Results could also help negotiations with international and non-governmental organizations that often arrive in a district with a predetermined set of objectives. Producer/Author BMC Series Blog URL blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcseriesblog/2016/12/06/bmc-international-health-and-human-rights-2016-in-review/