2015 Archives - Page 3 of 9 - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

WHO meets on equity, human rights and gender

Posted on October 2, 2015August 21, 2018

In October Professor Sofia Gruskin traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to attend a WHO meeting on equity, human rights, gender and social determinants of health. As part of WHO’s efforts to further its mandate of mainstreamin... read more →

WHO experts convene to discuss contraception care guidelines

Posted on October 2, 2015August 21, 2018

Professor Laura Ferguson joined World Health Organization experts this week for a meeting to discuss strengthening contraceptive programs through the development of a rights-based quality assessment tool. The objectives o... read more →

Global Noncommunicable Disease Research: Opportunities and Challenges

Posted on October 2, 2015November 13, 2015

The Annals of Internal Medicine published a new paper, “Global Noncommunicable Disease Research: Opportunities and Challenges," in August. The article, which came out of a conference at Emory University last year, lays out... read more →

Aging and Health—A Landmark WHO Report

Posted on October 2, 2015August 21, 2018

On Sept. 30, the International Day of Older Persons, the World Health Organization released the 2015 World Report on Ageing and Health. The report compiles and summarizes the best available global evidence to examine how coun... read more →

At UNGA, preventing the next outbreak by supporting right to health

Posted on September 30, 2015November 13, 2015

GlobalPost quoted Dr. Heather Wipfli in a story about the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly regarding how universal health coverage can help stem infectious disease outbreaks. Read the article »... read more →

World Report on Ageing and Health

Posted on September 30, 2015August 21, 2018

Comprehensive public health action on population ageing is urgently needed. This will require fundamental shifts, not just in the things we do, but in how we think about ageing itself. The World report on ageing and health ou... read more →

Thank You for Not Smoking: How the WHO Fought Tobacco Through Treaties

Posted on September 24, 2015February 27, 2018

Foreign Affairs published a snapshot essay of IGH Associate Director Dr. Heather Wipfli's new book, The Global War on Tobacco, Sept. 24. The essay outlines the story of how the World Health Organization used treaties to beat ... read more →

Daniel Tarantola joins GHHR as Adjunct Professor of Research

Posted on September 4, 2015August 21, 2018

The Program on Global Health & Human Rights team at the Institute for Global Health is pleased to announce that Dr. Daniel Tarantola will be joining the Program as Adjunct Professor of Research. Dr. Tarantola brings with ... read more →

New project uses human rights to strengthen family planning programs

Posted on September 4, 2015August 21, 2018

This month the Program on Global Health & Human Rights commenced a new project with the World Health Organization focused on the human rights aspects of monitoring, evaluation and accountability for family planning progra... read more →

New STAR students: Eunice & Ricardo

Posted on August 20, 2015February 27, 2018

Please join us in welcoming Eunice Padilla and Ricardo De La Torre, seniors at Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School, as our newest global health lab fellows in the USC Science, Technology And Research program. Each year... read more →