(1) HEALTH SERVICES AND FINANCING

The focus of this programme is on determinants of health, people’s health problems and health seeking behaviour, the structure and functioning of health care services, health expenditure and financing. It provides us with the basic critique of the existing situations, and concrete alternatives for micro and macro changes needed.

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(2) HEALTH LEGISLATION AND PATIENTS’ RIGHTS

This programme is based on our deep conviction that no system without social control and regulation would work for people,and respect right to health and health care. The strategies to bring people and patients at the centre of health care, through policies and legislations need to be evolved in the specific situation of each country and society.

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(3) WOMEN’S HEALTH

Health and health care have strong sociocultural dimensions. Gender is one of the most important among them. This programme not only undertakes research on women’s health, but it also informs all other programmes with the gender dimension.

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(4) INVESTIGATION AND TREATMENT OF PSYCHO-SOCIAL TRAUMA

This programme concentrates directly on issues related to human rights and violence, and of course also interrelates with programmes with human rights dimensions.

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