International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare: Volume 16 Issue 3

Editorial 16:3

Theo Gavrielides

Russian and UK Dementia Action Plans: a comparative analysis

Nadezhda Koberskaya, Bogdan Kobierskij

This study aims to compare two national dementia plans and analyse the approach of each state to the issue.

A hindrance to proper health care: psychometric development and validation of opiophobia questionnaire among doctors in Pakistan

Faiqa Naz, Kanwar Hamza Shuja, Muhammad Aqeel, Saima Ehsan, Atqa Noor, Dua Butt, Hajra Gul, Ushba Rafaqat, Amna Khan, Shafaq Gulzamir

There is an ever-increasing number of patients suffering from various forms of acute and chronic pain and getting treatment for such ailments is a basic human right. Opioid…

Articulating key obligations of states to persons deprived of liberty under a right to health framework: the Philippine case study

Lee Edson P. Yarcia, Jan Michael Alexandre C. Bernadas

This paper aims to examine key obligations of states to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under the right to health framework in the context of COVID-19. As a case study, it also…

From accident to hospital: measuring inequality in pre-hospital emergency services in a city in the North of Iran

Mohaddese Omidi, Behzad Zohrevandi, Enayatollah Homaie Rad

As a human right, people need to arrive early at the hospitals when they are injured in traffic accidents. Both the mean and equality of the time of arriving at the hospital are…

Safeguarding the rights and welfare of the health-care workers amid the pandemic: a social protection approach

Harlida Abdul Wahab, Asmar Abdul Rahim, Nor Anita Abdullah

This paper aims to study the elements of social protection, namely, the labour market policy (working conditions), social insurance and social assistance from the law and policy…

Menstrual knowledge and perceptions of schoolgirls in Bangladesh: do socio-economic factors really matter?

Gulsan Ara Parvin, Nina Takashino, Md. Shahidul Islam, Md. Habibur Rahman, Md. Anwarul Abedin, Mrittika Basu

This study aims to explore whether socio-economic factors determine the level of menstrual knowledge and perceptions of schoolgirls in Bangladesh. The aim of this study is to…

A narrative study on the psycho-social impact of sex trafficking on victim’s parents in the state of Karnataka

Indrajit Goswami, Sujatha M. Jithu, Nigel Raylyn Dsilva

The purpose of this study is to explore the life of the victim’s parents in Karnataka and to gain a better understanding of the consequences or impact of sex trafficking on them.