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Join USC IIGH on Sept. 16 for a special panel event featuring work happening across USC to address COVID-related inequalities in Los Angeles, and join the discussion of key issues to moving toward a #justrecovery in LA.

USC IIGH is a proud co-organizer of Health and Human Rights in the Climate Crisis: Charting Challenges and Solutions (Oct. 21–29, 2021), a virtual conference to showcase the research, policies and practice of experts, researchers, practitioners and activists from around the globe in the fields of public health, climate science, law and human rights.

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Addressing health-related disparities and inequalities, taking a multidisciplinary approach to advance the evidence base about what works.

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The USC Institute on Inequalities on Global Health (IIGH) has put into place a long-term partnership with Amref Health Africa

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This Week in Global Health brings together a diverse range of global health thought leaders from around the world sharing best practices, new developments and their personal experience in addressing global health inequalities.

Watch the interview: Gerson Sorto, Supervising Attorney, Neighborhood Legal Services of LA County

USC IIGH is pleased to co-host CUGH 2022: Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social Justice (April 1–3, 2022), which brings together scientists, students and implementers from academia, NGOs, government, and the private sector to present, learn and collaborate to address pressing global health challenges.

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Featured News

Removing legal and structural barriers to ending AIDS by 2030: Lessons from the Global Commission on HIV and the Law

On June 21, 2021, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH) Director Sofia Gruskin ...

Drones Course Ignites Participant’s Passion for Global Health

During summer 2021, the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health offered “Using Drones to P...

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Framing COVID-19 as a health and human rights issue

In a recent publication in The Lancet, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health Director Sofi...

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What We Do

Research

USC IIGH collaborates with faculty and schools across USC, as well as hundreds of civil society, academic, government and UN partners around the world to conduct innovative research that transcends borders and disciplines to make a difference in the world.

Education

USC IIGH is a major center of education and training with a focus on training the next generation of global health leaders in collaboration with a range of international partners, all with a strong commitment to addressing inequalities

Policy Engagement

To effectively address the health related disparities and inequalities that shape our world, USC IIGH has launched efforts with partners at global and local levels to contribute to and shape policy agendas to improve the health and rights of the most marginalized in our societies

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