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Human Rights Day 2017

Human Rights Day is observed annually on December 10th, commemorating the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. BMC is doing its part to #Standup4HumanRights by presenting you a selection of highly important and influential research. 

Read relevant BMC research, blogs, and submit your own research today!

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We are recruiting Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board of academic editors in assessing manuscripts in the field of international health and human rights.

Featured blog: Advancing Human Rights for Global Health through the World Health Organization

Human Rights Day is observed every year on the 10th of December. In this blog, Hanna Huffstetler, Claudia Quiros, Rebekah Thomas and Benjamin Mason Meier, Section Editor for BMC International Health and Human Rights, discuss this important day and the context of human rights as a basis for the advancement of global health.

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Featured article: Improving access to wheelchair services

Wheelchair users in Kenya and the Philippines describe experiences with ill-fitting wheelchairs and little formal training to use them effectively, suggesting that interventions are needed to provide efficient wheelchair services.

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1. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  4 December 2017

   Institutional context and VCT practitioner narratives: possibilities and limitations for HIV prevention in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   Authors:Claudia Mora, Simone Monteiro and Carlos Otávio Fiúza Moreira
2. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  18 October 2017

   Transgender women in Malaysia, in the context of HIV and Islam: a qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions

   Authors:Sima Barmania and Syed Mohamed Aljunid
3. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  12 October 2017

   Should community health workers offer support healthcare services to survivors of sexual violence? a systematic review

   Authors:Anne Gatuguta, Barbra Katusiime, Janet Seeley, Manuela Colombini, Isaac Mwanzo and Karen Devries
4. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  12 October 2017

   Human rights and mental health in post-apartheid South Africa: lessons from health care professionals working with suicidal inmates in the prison system

   Authors:Jason Bantjes, Leslie Swartz and Pieter Niewoudt
5. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  22 September 2017

   “It is good to take her early to the doctor” –mothers’ understanding of childhood pneumonia symptoms and health care seeking in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania

   Authors:Florida Muro, Judith Meta, Jenny Renju, Adiel Mushi, Hilda Mbakilwa, Raimos Olomi, Hugh Reyburn and Helena Hildenwall

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