2012 Archives - Page 2 of 4 - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

Program on Global Health & Human Rights Contributes to International AIDS Conference

Posted on August 15, 2012August 21, 2018

Program on Global Health & Human Rights (GHHR) staff, along with 24,000 others who attended the International AIDS Conference(IAC) in July, have returned home from Washington, D.C., to unpack and reflect on their experie... read more →

Professor Gruskin contributes to landmark HIV law report

Posted on July 9, 2012September 15, 2015

Professor Sofia Gruskin, director of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights at the USC Institute for Global health, served as a member of the technical advisory group for a landmark report released July 9 by the Glo... read more →

USC global health conference attracts Pacific Rim leaders

Posted on July 5, 2012August 22, 2018

Dozens of academics from across the Pacific Rim visited USC June 23-26 for the 2012 Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Program Workshop, organized by the USC Institute for Global Health. (more&helli... read more →

Patient Attrition Between Diagnosis With HIV in Pregnancy-Related Services and Long-Term HIV Care and Treatment Services in Kenya: A Retrospective Study

Posted on July 1, 2012August 21, 2018

Background: There has been little attention, until recently, to linking women who test HIV positive in pregnancy-related services to long-term HIV care and treatment services. Methods: A retrospective review of routine hospi... read more →

Age Matters: Differential Impact of Service Quality on Contraceptive Uptake Among Post-Abortion Clients in Kenya

Posted on June 1, 2012August 17, 2018

This paper shows research on the impact of high quality, user-friendly, comprehensive sliding-scale post-abortion services on clients' uptake of contraception in a Kenyan town. Clients varied from ages 10-46 and received con... read more →

Biomed Analysis: Time for rights-based women’s health

Posted on May 30, 2012September 15, 2015

We need to revive the rights-based agenda and realign research priorities for women's health, says Priya Shetty for Science & Development Network. The article cites GHHR's Professor Gruskin, who explains that "the tunne... read more →

Program on Global Health & Human Rights launches Network on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at global research forum

Posted on May 17, 2012September 15, 2015

The Global Forum for Health Research—Forum 2012, which took place mid-April in Cape Town, South Africa, brought together change-makers from all sectors of government and civil society affecting health to share their researc... read more →

Program on Global Health and Human Rights faculty visit Geneva for World Health Organization project

Posted on May 17, 2012September 15, 2015

Professor Sofia Gruskin, director of the Program on Global Health and Human Rights (GHHR), and Assistant Professor Laura Ferguson traveled to Geneva to further their work on the World Health Organization project, “Evi... read more →

Professor Laura Ferguson finalizes draft for submission to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Posted on May 17, 2012November 21, 2015

Professor Laura Ferguson of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights met with the World Health Organization, Save the Children and other partner organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, to finalize a draft general commen... read more →

Linking women who test HIV-positive in pregnancy-related services to long-term HIV care and treatment services: a systematic review

Posted on May 1, 2012August 21, 2018

Objectives: To quantify attrition between women testing HIV-positive in pregnancy-related services and accessing long-term HIV care and treatment services in low- or middle-income countries and to explore the reasons under... read more →