The World Health Report 2005 - Make Every Mother and Child Count

By Samina Farooqi. Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2005

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Social mobilization ► A first important way in which CSOs can contribute is to improve the effectiveness of the health system by helping families access the care to which they are entitled, but have difficulty in obtaining. Often, administrative, cultural and financial barr iers to care appear insurmountable, and families are insufficiently aware of their rights and choices. In many countries, CSOs have developed innovative and empowering approaches in working with communities and establishing support networks to set this right. This is particularly important where poorer families are subject to discrimination, financial exploitation, or overmedicalisation. Individual users are often powerless in the face of complex legal procedures and obstructive professional organizations when things go wrong. In many places CSOs have offered them channels to protect and claim their rights.

Subfields: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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• Achieving health equity: from root causes to fair outcomes. (2007, neutral): “Over half a million women die each year during pregnancy, delivery or shortly thereafter, virtually all in developing countries (WHO, 2005a)”