In this book chapter, published in the Research Handbook on Global Health Law, Sofia Gruskin and Daniel Tarantola discuss the linkages between health and human rights in relation to HIV, and describe a joint action and ac... read more →
There is growing recognition in the health community that the legal environment—including laws, policies, and related procedures—impacts vulnerability to HIV and access to HIV-related services both positively and negative... read more →
California made national headlines when it repealed an HIV criminalization law and reduced penalties for exposing other people to the virus, writes Sofia Gruskin in her BMJ blog Dec. 15. She calls for other ... read more →
The Program on Global Health and Human Rights (GHHR) is responsible for conducting the baseline and endline evaluations for the Global Fund’s $10.5 million Africa Regional HIV Grant focused on strengthening the legal and po... read more →
The National Commitments and Policy Instrument (NCPI) has been used to monitor AIDS-related laws and policies for more than a decade. In this publication, USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights Director Sofia Gruski... read more →
The HIV/AIDS, Ebola and Zika crises have revealed that infectious disease does not affect all global citizens equally. Among the many factors at play in making some people more vulnerable than others are human rights and gend... read more →
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Centre for Africa designed and implemented a project entitled "Strengthening Regional and National Legislative Environments to Support the Human Rights of LGBT People a... read more →
Introduction: This article seeks to identify where delays occur along the adult HIV care cascade (“the cascade”), to improve understanding of what constitutes “delay” at each stage of the cascade and how this can be m... read more →
This paper offers a critical overview of social science research presented at the 2014 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. In an era of major biomedical advance, the political nature of HIV remains of fun... read more →