A Right-to-Health Lens on Perinatal Mental Health Care in South Africa

South African women experience some of the highest rates of depression and anxiety globally. Despite South Africa’s laudable human rights commitments to mental health in law, perinatal women are at high risk of common mental disorders due to socioeconomic factors, and they may lack access to mental...

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Main Authors: Shelley Brown, Gillian MacNaughton, Courtenay Sprague
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights 2020-12-01
Series:Health and Human Rights
Online Access:https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2469/2020/12/Brown.pdf