In a presentation of stories and experiences collected through 15 years of international work, Heather Wipfli, associate director of the USC Institute for Global Health, shared with women on Nov. 15 the challenges she has fac...
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Vietnamese human rights officials discuss collaborations with USC
Vietnamese delegates visited USC Nov. 12-13 to discuss collaboration opportunities with the university to further their country’s human rights research, policy and training efforts.
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Professor Ferguson contributes to Philippines meeting on children’s right to health
Laura Ferguson, of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights, traveled to the Philippines in early November for the Asia Regional Consultation on Practical Measures of Implementation of the Child’s Right to Health.
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The impacts of AIDS movements on the policy responses to HIV/AIDS in Brazil and South Africa: A comparative analysis
Brazil and South Africa were among the first countries profoundly impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and had similar rates of HIV infection in the early 1990s. Today, Brazil has less than 1% adult HIV prevalence, implemented t...
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New York Times columnist urges activism abroad
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and renowned global health journalist Nicholas Kristof discussed his push for gender equality and his most recent book at a speaker series hosted by the USC Spectrum, the Program Board Speakers ...
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Jonathan Samet via Green Cross: Human impact of Chernobyl disaster
USC Institute for Global Health Director and Green Cross consultant Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., M.S. discusses the human impact of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the challenges that will face affected people for decades...
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USC awarded grant to build research hub in East Africa
USC, in partnership with Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, received a joint planning grant from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last month to establish a research and training hub...
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“International Health, Global Health, and Human Rights,” in the Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, key public health issues and challenges have taken centre stage. They range from arsenic in drinking water to asthma among children and adults; from the re-emergence of cholera, t...
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USC global health game maintains relevance
One year ago, ABC News Chief Health and Medical Editor Richard Besser and correspondent Juju Chang announced the launch of the 1,000 Days Facebook game — a project spearheaded by the USC Institute for Global Health — at t...
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Institute for Global Health director co-authors largest tobacco use study
The world’s largest study of tobacco use to date was published last month in the medical journal The Lancet and included Keck School of Medicine professor, and USC Institue for Global Health Director, Jonathan Samet as an a...
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