04548nam 22005654a 450 991045636820332120200520144314.092-808-7154-4(CKB)2550000000019425(EBL)728598(OCoLC)649914783(SSID)ssj0000474909(PQKBManifestationID)11286718(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474909(PQKBWorkID)10463505(PQKB)10401934(MiAaPQ)EBC728598(Au-PeEL)EBL728598(CaPaEBR)ebr10397563(EXLCZ)99255000000001942520091002d2009 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPartnerships for women's health[electronic resource] striving for best practice within the UN Global Compact /edited by Martina Timmermann and Monika KruesmannTokyo ;New York United Nations University Pressc20091 online resource (483 p.)Description based upon print version of record.92-808-1185-1 Includes bibliographical references.Improving maternal health in Asia and Africa : challenges and opportunities / Moazzam Ali -- Poverty, health and the human right to the highest attainable standard of health / Paul Hunt and Judith Bueno de Mesquita -- Partnering in support of the right to health : what role for business? / Klaus M. Leisinger -- The challenge of equal financial access to the best available health care : bringing in the private sector / Günter Neubauer and Iris J. Driessle -- The United Nations Global Compact : seeking to embrace diversity / Monika Kruesmann -- Small and medium-sized enterprises : their role in achieving the millennium development goals / Kai Bethke and Manuela Bösendorfer -- The health situation of women in India : policies and programmes / Suneeta Mittal and Arvind Mathur -- India's medical system / Nirmal Kumar Ganguly and Malabika Roy -- Health PPPs in India : stepping stones for improving women's reproductive health care? / Rama V. Baru and Madhurima Nundy -- Pro-poor capacity-building in India's women's health sector / Arabinda Ghosh --Introduction to the case study : the Women's Health Initiative : a trilateral partnership within the framework of the UN Global Compact / Martina Timmermann -- Karl Storz's WHI goals and expectations / Sybill Storz -- The German PPP programme : a viable way to improve women's health in India? / Nicolaus von der Goltz -- GTZ's goals and expectations for the WHI public private partnership from a development cooperation point of view / Diana Kraft and Jörg Hartmann -- The WHI : management perspectives from the private and the public partners in the field / Peter Laser and Anu Chopra -- The WHI : perspectives from private and public medical doctors in endoscopy training centres / A. Kurian Joseph and Alka Kriplani -- The economic logic of the Women's Health Initiative as a business model for poverty alleviation / Christina Gradl -- A PPP for women's health and human rights in India : striving for best practice within the framework of the UN Global Compact / Martina Timmermann and Monika Kruesmann -- PPPs for women's health and human rights beyond India : probing new standards and methodologies / Martina Timmermann and Monika Kruesmann.Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further twenty suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of national and international policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental human right.This book draws together insights and experiences of development practitioners, policy-makers, academic experts and private sector partners to describe the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). A public private partnership based in India, the WHI took a new approach toWomenHealth and hygieneWomenHealth and hygieneIndiaElectronic books.WomenHealth and hygiene.WomenHealth and hygiene362.1082Timmermann Martina919038Kruesmann Monika967499MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456368203321Partnerships for women's health2196635UNINA