2014 Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

Advancing sexual health through human rights: The role of the law

Posted on December 24, 2014August 21, 2018

Since the International Conference on Population and Development, definitions of sexuality and sexual health have been greatly elaborated alongside widely accepted recognition that sexual health requires respect, protection a... read more →

Human Rights Must Include Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Posted on December 10, 2014August 21, 2018

Today is Human Rights Day. In reflecting on the theme for this year — Human Rights 365,encompassing the idea that every day is and should be Human Rights Day — we are reminded that even with the tremendous progress we hav... read more →

Professor Gruskin presents at Princeton health practices seminar

Posted on November 23, 2014August 21, 2018

Professor Sofia Gruskin participated in the Visions of Care: Reconstructing Health Practices Seminar at Princeton University where she spoke in the opening plenary, "Humanitarianism and the Human Right to Health." The full-da... read more →

New York UNDP meeting focuses on HIV, human rights and law

Posted on November 23, 2014August 21, 2018

Professor Sofia Gruskin traveled to New York as a member of the guidance group for a Global Commission on HIV and the Law stocktaking exercise hosted by the United Nations Development Program. Two years since the launch of th... read more →

HIV and gender-based violence: welcome policies and programmes, but is the research keeping up?

Posted on November 1, 2014August 21, 2018

The global HIV policy arena has seen a surge of interest in gender-related dimensions of vulnerability to HIV and violence. UNAIDS and other prominent actors have named gender-based violence a key priority, and there seems to... read more →

Responding to adolescents living with HIV in Zambia: A social–ecological approach

Posted on October 1, 2014August 21, 2018

The number of adolescents living with HIV in Zambia is increasing, yet little is known about their experiences in a social context. Such knowledge could enable HIV programs to better respond to their needs. This qualitative s... read more →

World Bank maternal, child nutrition and health results project underway in The Gambia

Posted on September 23, 2014January 5, 2016

Professor Laura Ferguson is working with the World Bank Group to conduct an impact evaluation with an embedded process evaluation for Maternal and Child Nutritional and Health Results Project. Implemented by the government of... read more →

What’s pregnancy got to do with it? Late presentation to HIV/AIDS services in Northeastern Brazil

Posted on July 17, 2014August 21, 2018

Despite the known benefits of early treatment initiation for individual morbidity and mortality, as well as for reducing the risk of transmission, late presentation (LP) to HIV/AIDS services remains a major concern in many co... read more →

Reproductive rights leaders share “Why We Care” in storytelling campaign

Posted on July 3, 2014January 13, 2016

Professor Sofia Gruskin was selected to be a New Champion Leader for the United Nations Foundation’s "Why We Care" campaign which pulls together a diverse group of leaders to share their words and champion for global reprod... read more →

Realising the ICPD 20 years later: Shifting the paradigms for research and education

Posted on June 23, 2014August 21, 2018

The extent to which people can enjoy their sexual and reproductive health is invariably intertwined with issues of disadvantage, inequality and human rights. Increased conservatism, lack of political will, outright resistance... read more →