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Implementation Of Patients’ Rights Legislation In The Republic Of Macedonia: Gaps And Disparities, Gabriela Alcheva, Filip Gerovski, Leo Beletsky
Implementation Of Patients’ Rights Legislation In The Republic Of Macedonia: Gaps And Disparities, Gabriela Alcheva, Filip Gerovski, Leo Beletsky
Leo Beletsky
Background: Since its formation after the breakup of Yugoslavia, Macedonia has made major strides in formulating a framework for protecting patient rights through extensive legal reform. The impact of this reform had not been assessed before the work of this project. Methods/Objectives: Within the context of a larger project on improving human rights in patient care, this paper provides an overview of patients’ rights legislation in Macedonia and uses research, case reports, and other empirical information to highlight the gaps in the implementation of patient rights’ legislation on the ground. Results: The Law on the Protection of Patients’ Rights (2008) …
Overview Of The Gaps In The Health Care Legislation In Georgia: Short-, Medium-, And Long-Term Priorities, Nino Kiknadze, Leo Beletsky
Overview Of The Gaps In The Health Care Legislation In Georgia: Short-, Medium-, And Long-Term Priorities, Nino Kiknadze, Leo Beletsky
Leo Beletsky
Background: After gaining independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Georgia has aspired to become the region’s leader in progressive legal reform. Particularly in the realm of health care regulation, Georgia has proceeded with extensive legislative reforms intended to modernize its health care system, and bring it in line with international standards. Objectives/Methods: As part of a larger project to improve human rights in patient care, we conducted a study designed to identify gaps in the current Georgian health care legislation. Using a cross-site research framework based on the European Charter of Patients’ Rights, an interdisciplinary working group oversaw …
Global Governance Of Health: Conference Report, Scott Burris, Leo Beletsky
Global Governance Of Health: Conference Report, Scott Burris, Leo Beletsky
Leo Beletsky
“Governance” is the management of events in a social system. “Good governance” in global health requires institutions capable of effectively delivering health goods, and mechanisms of participation and accountability that maximize the extent to which stakeholders at all levels can shape both the ends and the means of health programs. The OSI Seminar on the Global Governance of Health brought together 40 global thinkers and leaders in public health, health services delivery, health policy, and academia for two days of intensive discussion of the current state of health governance, followed by two days of collaborative brainstorming on new initiatives in …
Policy Reform To Shift The Health And Human Rights Environment For Vulnerable Groups: The Case Of Kyrgyzstan's Instruction 417, Leo Beletsky, Rachel Thomas, Marina Smelyanskaya, Irina Artamonova, Natalya Shumskaya, Aijan Dooronbekova, Aibek Mukambetov, Heather Doyle, Rebecca Tolson
Policy Reform To Shift The Health And Human Rights Environment For Vulnerable Groups: The Case Of Kyrgyzstan's Instruction 417, Leo Beletsky, Rachel Thomas, Marina Smelyanskaya, Irina Artamonova, Natalya Shumskaya, Aijan Dooronbekova, Aibek Mukambetov, Heather Doyle, Rebecca Tolson
Leo Beletsky
Background: Police activities shape behavior and health outcomes among drug users, sex workers, and other vulnerable groups. Interventions to change the policing of drug consumption and sex work in ways that facilitate public health programming and respect for human rights have included policy reforms, education, and litigation. In 2009, the Kyrgyz government promulgated “Instruction 417,” prohibiting police interference with “harm reduction” programs, re-enforcing citizen rights, addressing police occupational safety concerns, and institutionalizing police-public health collaboration. Objectives/Methods: Although ample evidence points to gaps between intended and actual impact of policy and other structural interventions, there is little research on the impact …