The Parklands Diary

                                                                  Image on Google Introduction Health is an important socio-economic right, indispensable for the exercise of other human rights. It is a right that is subject to immediate realization as opposed to progressive realization like other socio-economic rights. The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) under General Comment No. 14 asserts that every human being is entitled to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health conducive to living a life of dignity. [1] The right to a good quality, woman-centered maternal health care is universal is connected to other fundamental human rights. [2] Central to the provision of quality maternal care is the issue of whether pregnant and laboring women are treated by health providers in ...