On the eve of a major international AIDS Conference in London, the Conference chair is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Tracking down how he died reveals layers of deception, rivalry and danger for those close to him… The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and the USC Dornsife Department of English invite you to... Read More »

Just as individuals are aging with HIV, so too are entire societies. HIV treatment has reversed drops in life expectancy in many countries where PEPFAR and other global HIV/AIDS programs have worked. With this astonishing public health success comes a generational question: Will these added years of life translate to added years of health and well-being?... Read More »

The right to health is fundamental to the human condition, yet achieving sexual health remains an elusive goal. Rates of sexually transmitted infections continue to climb across the world, and with uneven access to effective HIV prevention methods. Anthropologically-informed public health analyses demonstrate the ways in which social and structural factors serve to sustain and... Read More »

Join the USC Center for the Political Future for a discussion about post-pandemic health inequities in America, moderated by CPF Director Bob Shrum. The panel features a range of speakers well-versed in public health, including Dr. Bradley Stoner, Sujeet Rao, Congresswoman Nanette Barragán, and Sofia Gruskin, Director of the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global... Read More »

Digital innovations are often promising improvements to civil registration and national identity management systems. In practice, poor design and implementation, inadequate policy and mismanagement can trigger exclusion and pose serious new risks for vulnerable subpopulations. Efforts to explore and address these ethical and human rights challenges are often siloed because of disciplinary boundaries that make... Read More »

Technology, social media, and digital health interventions can have a transformative impact on gender inequalities in health. Public health interventions based on mobile and e-health models are gamechangers, especially in resource-poor settings. However, there are distinct geographic, economic, and social gaps in the design of and access to these technologies, including those related to gender,... Read More »

Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) is an award-winning Ugandan grassroots NGO and US registered non-profit founded in 2003 that promotes biodiversity conservation by enabling people to co-exist with wildlife through improving animal health, community health and livelihoods in and around Africa’s protected areas and wildlife-rich habitats. Following a fatal scabies disease outbreak in the then... Read More »

The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) invites you to join us for “From Silos to Synergy: The Potential for ‘One Health’ to Address Inequalities – Lessons from Uganda and the Global Level” on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 9:00 am PT/12:00 pm ET/7:00 pm EAT. Described as “an integrated, unifying approach that aims to... Read More »

The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) invites you to join us for “An Intimate Conversation with Anand Grover: How Can We Achieve the Highest Attainable Standard of Health Even in the Face of Democratic Recession?” on Monday, November 6, 2023 at 9:00 am PT/12:00 pm ET. Anand Grover, designated Senior Advocate practicing in the Supreme Court... Read More »

The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. James Conway, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases & Global Pediatrics. The seminar would... Read More »

The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) invites you to join us for our Student Symposium on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 1:00 pm PT. Want to hear from fellow students about their work and experience with IIGH and the many opportunities available to students in the coming year? IIGH offers students from all degree programs an array of fellowships, internships, courses,... Read More »

The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, Human Reproduction Programme invites you to join us for “The WHO Safe Abortion Guidelines: Current Use and Effectiveness Locally and Globally” on Wednesday, November 29 at 9:00 am PT/6:00 pm CET. Framed by the WHO abortion guidelines... Read More »