This guide, written for and by health and human rights students and professionals, aims to present the foundations of public health and human rights with a specific focus on health. Cases from developed and developing countri...
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights experts launch global research network
USC hosted nine international experts from Nov. 27 to 30 to discuss the state of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) around the world and to launch an international research network.
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Pregnancy decisions of women living with HIV: the need for multidisciplinary perspectives
Women living with HIV, like all women, have the right to determine the number and spacing of their children. With the ultimate goal of ensuring that women living with HIV are at the center of decision-making about their sexua...
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Women’s experiences in services for preventing the mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a literature review
In the context of a rapidly evolving policy environment for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and the possible shift towards immediate initiation of lifelong highly active antiretroviral therapy (H...
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The pregnancy decisions of HIV-positive women: the state of knowledge and way forward
Despite the growing number of women living with and affected by HIV, there is still insufficient attention to their pregnancy-related needs, rights, decisions and desires in research, policy and programs. We carried out a rev...
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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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“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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“Um Panorama Sobre Saúde e Direitos Humanos” (An Overview of Health and Human Rights), in Vulnerabilidade e Direitos Humanos – Prevenção e Promoção da Saúde (Vulnerability and Human Rights: Health Prevention and Promotion)
(Portuguese) Vulnerabilidade e Direitos Humanos: Prevenção e Promoção da Saúde traz questões sobre o tema proposto que a coletânea iniciada por este volume apresenta ao leitor. Fruto da inquietação dos autores - pesq...
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