Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities

Neil Quinn is Professor of Social Work and Health Equity and Founding Director of the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde. Anuj Kapilashrami is Professor & Chair in Health Policy & Equity at the School of Health & Social Care, University of Essex and Senior Lecturer in Global Health, Queen Mary University London. Abhijit Das is Managing Trustee of the Centre for Health and Social Justice in New Delhi, India.

Part 1


1. Introduction


2. History of community participation in public health – from primary care movement to UHC


3. ‘Communities’, Power, and Participation: Unpacking concepts from praxis


Part 2


4. Engaging communities at the Margins to tackle health inequities.


5. Sustaining action through Social Movements for the Right to Health


6. Addressing Political, Economic and Commercial Determinants of Health


7. Strengthening accountability for the realization of the right to health


Part 3


8. Community Activism in Action


9. The role of arts, social media and participatory action research in advancing health rights


10. Conclusion- Community organizing and collective action as Countervailing power for healthy and just societies.