Brazil has been internationally recognized for its successful response to HIV/AIDS. Its rights-based approach included a broad prevention program focused on condom use, universal access to testing and subsequent care and trea...
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WORLD AIDS DAY: Moving beyond despair to concerted HIV activism
World AIDS Day is a time for reflection, remembrance and re-energizing efforts to address HIV. The latter seems particularly critical this year as we find ourselves in a state of political, economic and social upheaval such a...
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Human Rights, Gender, and Infectious Disease: From HIV/AIDS to Ebola
Authors: Lara Stemple, Portia Karegeya, and Sofia Gruskin
Published By: Human Rights Quarterly
Date: November, 2016
Publication Link: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/636567 ...
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Program on Global Health & Human Rights presents project poster at AIDS 2016
At the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights (GHHR) Director Sofia Gruskin presented an abstract at the "legal protection of people living with HIV and k...
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Literature review examines rights and sexual, reproductive health of women living with HIV
Professors Sofia Gruskin and Shubha Kumar published “Human Rights and the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women Living with HIV- A Literature Review,” in the Journal of the International AIDS Society this month. (more&h...
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Human rights and the sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV – a literature review
Introduction: Even as the number of women living with HIV around the globe continues to grow, realization of their sexual and reproductive health and human rights remains compromised. The objective of this study was to review...
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Human rights project continues in Democratic Republic of the Congo
This month professors Laura Ferguson and Sofia Gruskin traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to conduct key informant interviews with a wide range of stakeholders, including NGO representatives, parliamentarians, r...
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Gendered power dynamics and women’s negotiation of family planning in a high HIV prevalence setting
In sub-Saharan Africa, high burdens of HIV and unmet need for contraception often coexist. Research emphasizes the need to engage men and couples in reproductive health, yet couples' negotiations around fertility and family p...
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Human rights partnership continues with UNDP
The USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have agreed to continue to work together, building on their recently completed project entitled "Strengthening Regional a...
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11/04/15 – HIV Decision Making and Linkages to Care: Research and Practice from Brazil
Eliana Zucchi, MPH, and Sarah MacCarthy, DSc, will provide an overview of critical issues concerning HIV/AIDS in Brazil. Although Brazil is widely recognized for its successful response in making antiretroviral treatment free...
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