Human rights in the new Global Strategy

Abstract

Women's, Children's, and adolesCents' health 42 BmJ 351:suppl1 | the bmj Human rights in the new Global Strategy By recognising the centrality of human rights, the revised Global Strategy encourages some bold shifts in improving the health and wellbeing of women, children, and adolescents, say Jyoti Sanghera and colleagues expressed in this article, which does not necessarily represent the views, decisions, or policies of WHO or the institutions with which the authors are affiliated. Jyoti Sanghera chief 1 Lynn Gentile human rights officer 1 Alfonso Barragues technical adviser on human rights 3 Imma Guerras-Delgado child rights adviser 1 Lucinda O'Hanlon women's rights adviser 2 Rachel Louise Hinton technical officer 4 Kumanan Rasanathan senior health specialist 6 Marcus Stahlhofer adviser, child and adolescent rights 7 Rajat Khosla human rights adviser 5

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