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Textbook co-edited by Professor Sofia Gruskin published: Health and Human Rights in a Changing World

Posted on April 15, 2013September 15, 2015

Health and Human Rights in a Changing World, a textbook co-edited by Professor Sofia Gruskin, director of the USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights, has already been well-received by academics and health leaders af... read more →

Professor Laura Ferguson Contributes to Improving Children’s Health and Human Rights Globally

Posted on April 11, 2013November 21, 2015

Via USC News: The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on March 23 that brought the UN one step closer to securing children’s health-related rights across the globe. Laura Ferguson, assistant professo... read more →

Local families put their hearts into health at World Health Day LA

Posted on April 11, 2013December 17, 2015

Dozens of kids and families got their hearts pumping at the fourth annual World Health Day LA, a free community event that offered heart-healthy sports activities, health screenings, entertainment and education at the Expo Ce... read more →

Undergraduate team wins USC Global Health Case Competition

Posted on February 23, 2013December 16, 2015

Competing against their peers, a team of multidisciplinary undergraduates won the USC Global Health Case Competition on Feb. 15 and will represent the university at the international level in March. (more…)... read more →

Multidisciplinary USC Global Health Case Competition connects students to the CDC

Posted on February 13, 2013December 16, 2015

Back for its second year, the University of Southern California Global Health Case Competition has grown in popularity, with more than 130 undergraduate and graduate students from 11 USC schools participating Friday, Feb. 15.... read more →

USC examines decisions of pregnant HIV-positive women

Posted on January 17, 2013September 15, 2015

A USC-led project headed by Sofia Gruskin, director of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights at the USC Institute for Global Health, aims to ensure HIV-positive women are at the center of decision-making regarding t... read more →

Safeguarding Abortion: A Matter of Reproductive Rights

Posted on January 1, 2013August 21, 2018

Women seek abortions, legal and safe or not, if they have an unwanted pregnancy because it is too late for contraception. Contraception must be promoted to reduce unwanted pregnancy, but all women who find themselves with an ... read more →

Health and Human Rights in a Changing World

Posted on January 1, 2013August 21, 2018

Health and Human Rights in a Changing World is a comprehensive and contemporary collection of readings and original material examining health and human rights from a global perspective. Editors Grodin, Tarantola, Annas, and G... read more →

Addressing Social Injustice in a Human Rights Context

Posted on January 1, 2013August 17, 2018

This publication co-authored by USC Institute for Global Health Director Sofia Gruskin aims to identify public health, medicine, health, social sciences, and other fields, this integrated book documents the adverse effects of... read more →

2013 (January – July)

Posted on January 1, 2013September 15, 2015

July 2013 Experts discuss human rights and chronic disease at USC Global experts convened at USC to discuss a human rights approach to preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases at a conference organized by the USC... read more →