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Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? Moving Toward Assessment

Posted on September 28, 2010August 21, 2018

The human rights responsibilities of drug companies have been considered for years by nongovernmental organizations, but were most sharply defined in a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, submitted to ... read more →

Who, and what, causes health inequities? Reflections on emerging debates from an exploratory Latin American/North American workshop

Posted on June 27, 2010August 21, 2018

Rapidly rising interest - from national and international health organisations, governments, civil society, the private sector and myriad academic disciplines - in what has become known as the ‘social determinants of health... read more →

Health and Human Rights

Posted on January 1, 2010August 21, 2018

Health Rights is a multidisciplinary collection of seminal papers examining ethical, legal, and empirical questions regarding the human right to health or health care. The volume discusses what obligations health rights entai... read more →

“Health and Human Rights: Overview,” in the International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Posted on September 26, 2008August 21, 2018

Human rights add value to the concrete work of public health in myriad ways. Of the institutions and individuals engaged in these efforts some take health as an entry point, others take human rights but no one approach has pr... read more →

Human Rights, Health and Development

Posted on July 31, 2008August 21, 2018

Human rights, health and development represent interdependent sets of values, aspirations and disciplines. Drawing on these domains, this paper offers a theoretical and practical framework for the analysis, application and as... read more →

Process Is the Point: Justice and Human Rights: Priority Setting and Fair Deliberative Process

Posted on December 9, 2007August 21, 2018

Most people responsible for setting priorities in health have considerable expertise relevant to deciding how to use resources effectively and the kinds of improvements that should be emphasized. Most are also concerned with ... read more →

History, principles, and practice of health and human rights

Posted on August 4, 2007August 21, 2018

Individuals and populations suff er violations of their rights that aff ect health and wellbeing. Health professionals have a part to play in reduction and prevention of these violations and ensuring that health-related polic... read more →

Jonathan Mann: Founder of the Health and Human Rights Movement

Posted on November 1, 2006August 21, 2018

"JONATHAN MANN COULD BE best characterized by 3 words: vision, audacity, and charisma. Mann would be nearing his 60th birthday had he not—together with his wife, Mary Lou Clements-Mann—been among the victims of a plane cr... read more →

Human Rights and Ethics in Public Health

Posted on November 1, 2006August 21, 2018

Dedication of this issue of the Journal to the theme of “Rights and Ethics” complements this month’s Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association, titled “Public Health and Human Rights,” ... read more →

Social Injustice and Public Health

Posted on August 25, 2005August 21, 2018

This publication co-authored by USC Institute for Global Health Director Sofia Gruskin documents the adverse effects of social injustice on health and makes recommendations on what needs to be done to reduce social injustice ... read more →