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The Global Right to Health: Successes & Failures in the Fight Against Hate

Posted on September 14, 2018February 13, 2019

The USC Law & Global Health Collaboration hosted a presentation by Anand Grover, renowned Senior Advocate to the Supreme Court of India and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, at USC on Oct. ... read more →

From Laws and Standards to Implementation of Interventions in Global Health: Human Rights in Praxis

Posted on September 14, 2018March 21, 2019

The USC Law & Global Health Collaboration, as part of the 2018-2019 Global(HEALTH+LAW) Series, explored sexual and reproductive health and rights: a discussion of human rights policy and action led by Rajat Khosla, Seni... read more →

“In transition: ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights of transgender populations.” A roundtable discussion

Posted on August 2, 2018April 4, 2019

This roundtable discussion is the result of a research symposium entitled In Transition: Gender [Identity], Law & Global Health where participants took up the challenge to engage with the question: What will it take to ... read more →

US Opposition to Breastfeeding Resolution: Don’t be surprised, do be concerned

Posted on July 19, 2018August 24, 2018

Following a story in The New York Times, there has been widespread news coverage of actions by American officials to undermine a resolution on breastfeeding at the recent World Health Assembly, held at the United Nations in... read more →

Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: translating the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission’s global report to local action

Posted on July 3, 2018May 2, 2019

The Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights brought renewed vision and revived thinking around sexual and reproductive health and rights in a time of backsliding progress. In this R... read more →

The how: a message for the UN high-level meeting on NCDs

Posted on June 28, 2018May 2, 2019

This September's UN General Assembly high-level meeting (HLM) on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) provides a strategic opportunity to propel the response—from “where do we want to be” to “how do we get there”. (... read more →

Postpartum depression in Mongolia: A qualitative exploration of health care providers’ perspectives

Posted on June 23, 2018May 2, 2019

An estimated 16 percent of pregnant women and 20 percent of postpartum women in low- and middle-income countries experience depression. In a qualitative study published in the journal Midwifery, researchers sought to explain ... read more →

A Vicious Cycle: Domestic Abuse, Homelessness, Trafficking

Posted on May 31, 2018May 2, 2019

On any given night, more than half a million Americans are homeless. Thanks to the determined efforts of federal, state, and local U.S. government agencies, as well as many non-profit organizations, homelessness across the na... read more →

Workplace wellness programming in low-and middle-income countries: a qualitative study of corporate key informants in Mexico and India

Posted on May 19, 2018May 2, 2019

According to a new report published by the USC Institute for Global Health researchers and collaborators, evidence suggests a there is a growing need for workplace wellness initiatives in low-and middle-income countries. The ... read more →

From evidence to action: challenges for the Brazilian Unified National Health System in offering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV to persons with the greatest vulnerability

Posted on May 2, 2018May 2, 2019

Pre-exposure sexual prophylaxis (PrEP) has been considered strategic and promising in controlling the HIV epidemic globally. However, it is necessary to transpose the knowledge accumulated by efficacy and demonstration studie... read more →