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Professor Gruskin elected to Guttmacher Institute board of directors

Posted on August 23, 2013September 15, 2015

This month Professor Sofia Gruskin was elected onto the Guttmacher Institute's Board of Directors. Awarded to outstanding individuals, this position was granted to Professor Gruskin through her commitment to advancing sexual ... read more →

Global Health & Human Rights Faculty Attend the IUSSP International Population Conference in Korea

Posted on August 23, 2013August 21, 2018

XXVII IUSSP International Population Conference is being held this month in Busan, Korea. With the aim of supporting the scientific study of population structures and dynamics, the Conference includes the discussion of over 2... read more →

Realigning government action with public health evidence: the legal and policy environment affecting sex work and HIV in Asia

Posted on August 16, 2013August 21, 2018

The HIV epidemic has shed light on how government regulation of sex work directly affects the health and well-being of sex workers, their families and communities. A review of the public health evidence highlights the need fo... read more →

Background Paper: Attention to Non Communicable Diseases By the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Posted on May 30, 2013August 21, 2018

Key Messages: None of the human rights treaties mention NCDs explicitly, but “other diseases” as noted in the ICESCR can be understood to include NCDs. General Comments on the right to health and other rights dra... read more →

Background Paper: Attention to Human Rights in Global Policies and Strategies Relevant to Non-Communicable Diseases

Posted on May 30, 2013August 21, 2018

Key Messages: The global policy environment relevant to NCDs comprises a range of different types of documents, with different legal and political weight, and with inconsistent attention to human rights. In these docu... read more →

Meeting Report: Roles and Responsibilities in Realizing Health and Human Rights in the Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases

Posted on May 30, 2013August 21, 2018

Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) constitute the leading cause of mortality. In 2008, sixty-three percent of all deaths – 36 million people – were caused by NCDs. Low- and middle-income countries, where the propo... read more →

‘I did not feel like a mother’: The success and remaining challenges to exclusive formula feeding among HIV-positive women in Brazil

Posted on May 28, 2013August 21, 2018

Exclusive and safe formula feeding can eliminate the risk of vertical HIV transmission due to breastfeeding. Therefore many countries advise all HIV-positive women to avoid breastfeeding their infants. However, little researc... read more →

USC Institute for Global Health presents at 4th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health

Posted on May 1, 2013August 21, 2018

Faculty from the USC Institute for Global Health and its Program on Global Health & Human Rights presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, which took place March 14 – 16... read more →

Identifying structural barriers to an effective HIV response: using the National Composite Policy Index data to evaluate the human rights, legal and policy environment

Posted on April 26, 2013August 21, 2018

Introduction: Attention to the negative effects of structural barriers on HIV efforts is increasing. Reviewing national legal and policy environments with attention to the international human rights commitments of states is ... read more →

General comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24)

Posted on April 17, 2013August 21, 2018

"The present general comment is based on the importance of approaching children’s health from a child-rights perspective that all children have the right to opportunities to survive, grow and develop, within the context of ... read more →