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Health and Human Rights in This Moment

Posted on June 10, 2020June 18, 2020

The United Nations defines human rights as “rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status.” We are all equally entitled to these h... read more →

The Need for Human Rights in this Global Pandemic

Posted on June 3, 2020June 18, 2020

The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH) has witnessed how harmful COVID-19 is to highly vulnerable populations worldwide, including the elderly, the sick, the poor, the criminalized, sexual an... read more →

APRU Global Health Held an Insightful Webinar on Bioethics and COVID-19

Posted on June 2, 2020June 18, 2020

Bioethics has been and will continue to be a key consideration during the COVID-19 crisis, as the pandemic has brought to light chronic injustices such as homelessness, and increases in discrimination and intimate partner vi... read more →

A Global Conversation in a Difficult Time

Posted on March 24, 2020June 18, 2020

In 2018 when I accepted the mission of leading USC’s Institute for Global Health, now the Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH), my primary focus was twofold. First, how can we work with stakeholders, educa... read more →