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Tag: 2013

Promoting the right to health at the Pan American Health Organization Conference

Posted on December 23, 2013August 21, 2018
In honor of Human Rights Day 2013, the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization launched a new campaign entitled "Umbrellas," symbolizing the protection that health-related legislation provides. The ... read more →

Access to justice: evaluating law, health and human rights programmes in Kenya

Posted on November 13, 2013August 21, 2018
Introduction: In Kenya, human rights violations have a marked impact on the health of people living with HIV. Integrating legal literacy and legal services into healthcare appears to be an effective strategy to empower vulner... read more →

Professor Laura Ferguson attends World Health Organization Meeting on the Evidence of Human Rights Impacts on Health in Geneva

Posted on October 23, 2013September 15, 2015
Professor Laura Ferguson traveled to Geneva to participate in a World Health Organization meeting entitled "Evidence of Human Rights Impact on Health: Successes, Challenges, and Next Steps." The aim of the consultation was to... read more →

Professor Sofia Gruskin Participates in Guttmacher Institute Board Meeting and Events 

Posted on October 23, 2013September 15, 2015
Professor Gruskin was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Guttmacher Institute, whose overarching mission is to safeguard the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health for all people. The Guttmacher Ins... read more →

Professor Ferguson presents at Panama maternal and child health conference

Posted on September 23, 2013August 21, 2018
Professor Laura Ferguson was invited to speak at the "A Promise Renewed for the Americas: Reducing Inequities in Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health" conference in Panama this month. The conference was organized by a ran... read more →

Professor Gruskin serves as a technical advisor for WHO meeting on optimizing human rights in family planning programs

Posted on September 23, 2013February 27, 2018
Professor Sofia Gruskin, director of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights, traveled to Geneva this month to work with the World Health Organization on the integration of human rights in family planning programs. P... read more →

Professor Gruskin publishes chapter in Oxford University Press book “Social Injustice and Public Health”

Posted on September 23, 2013September 15, 2015
Professor Sofia Gruskin with co-author Paula Braveman published a chapter this month in the second edition ofSocial Injustice and Public Health (Oxford University Press). The chapter is entitled "Addressing Social Injustice... read more →

Professors Laura Ferguson and Sofia Gruskin commence new partnership with CONCERN Worldwide

Posted on September 23, 2013January 12, 2016
Professors Laura Ferguson and Sofia Gruskin commenced an exciting new project with CONCERN Worldwide U.S. this month entitled Innovations for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. Innovations is a multi-country project that se... read more →

Late presentation to HIV/AIDS testing, treatment, or continued care: Clarifying the use of CD4 evaluation in the consensus definition

Posted on September 11, 2013August 21, 2018
Late presentation to HIV/AIDS services compromises treatment outcomes and misses opportunities for biomedical and behavioral prevention. There has been significant heterogeneity in how the term “late presentation” (LP) ha... read more →

Addressing Social Injustice in a Human Rights Context in Social Injustice and Public Health

Posted on August 29, 2013October 24, 2018
This second edition of Social Injustice and Public Health is a comprehensive, up-to-date, evidence-based resource on the relationship of social injustice to many aspects of public health. With contributions from leading exper... read more →

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