2010 Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

Human rights and humanitarian assistance: helping health professionals lead the way in Haiti and beyond

Posted on November 20, 2010August 21, 2018

"As health providers increasingly engage in humanitarian relief we, willingly or not, become subject to global scrutiny for the human rights impacts of our actions. Public health emergencies often take place in areas of soci... read more →

Group raises awareness of forced sterilization among HIV positive women

Posted on November 19, 2010August 21, 2018

In early September, the case of three HIV-positive women who filed suit saying they were sterilized at public health facilities without their consent resumed in the High Court of Namibia, garnering substantial international a... read more →

Neglected Realities: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Abortion in the Context of HIV

Posted on October 5, 2010August 21, 2018

Women around the world have been disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS, particularly in the regions hardest hit by the pandemic, such as sub-Saharan Africa. But with increased global access to antiretroviral therapy (AR... read more →

Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? Moving Toward Assessment

Posted on September 28, 2010August 21, 2018

The human rights responsibilities of drug companies have been considered for years by nongovernmental organizations, but were most sharply defined in a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, submitted to ... read more →

‘Rights-based approaches’ to health policies and programs: Articulations, ambiguities, and assessment

Posted on July 1, 2010August 21, 2018

Rights-based approaches (RBAs) to health encompass an exciting range of ways that the United Nations, governments, and non-governmental organizations incorporate human rights into public health efforts. By reviewing the acade... read more →

Who, and what, causes health inequities? Reflections on emerging debates from an exploratory Latin American/North American workshop

Posted on June 27, 2010August 21, 2018

Rapidly rising interest - from national and international health organisations, governments, civil society, the private sector and myriad academic disciplines - in what has become known as the ‘social determinants of health... read more →

Tag: 2010

Human rights and humanitarian assistance: helping health professionals lead the way in Haiti and beyond

Group raises awareness of forced sterilization among HIV positive women

Neglected Realities: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Abortion in the Context of HIV

Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? Moving Toward Assessment

‘Rights-based approaches’ to health policies and programs: Articulations, ambiguities, and assessment

Who, and what, causes health inequities? Reflections on emerging debates from an exploratory Latin American/North American workshop

Using human rights for sexual and reproductive health: improving legal and regulatory frameworks

From Conception to Realization: A Human Right to Health (Letter to the Editor)

Gender, Sex, and Sexuality—Same, Different, or Equal?

2010 (January – December)