human rights Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

USC IIGH addresses climate change and its impacts on human rights through global collaboration

Posted on November 1, 2021December 20, 2021

The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) has always included in its work a focus on sustainable development and climate change, including addressing the economic, ... read more →

Historical Perspectives on Health Inequality in Africa: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Posted on October 5, 2021December 18, 2022

The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and the USC Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Science and Innovation hosted a virtual lecture featuring Professor Joachim Osur, vice chancellor at Amref International Un... read more →

Global Systemic Evidence Review: Getting to the Heart of Stigma

Posted on August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

USC IIGH, in collaboration with the USC Southern California Evidence Review Center, is carrying out a comprehensive systematic review of tools, measures and interventions designed to address and mitigate against the harmful ... read more →

HIV and the Law: Evaluating Impact

Posted on August 9, 2021August 13, 2021

HIV Global Project for the Evaluation of The Global Commission on HIV USC IIGH, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is conducting an evaluation of the relevance, effectiveness and impacts of... read more →

Removing legal and structural barriers to ending AIDS by 2030: Lessons from the Global Commission on HIV and the Law

Posted on July 21, 2021December 20, 2021

On June 21, 2021, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH) Director Sofia Gruskin and Director of Research Laura Ferguson presented their evaluation on the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, published wit... read more →

hands with latex gloves holding a globe with a face mask

Framing COVID-19 as a health and human rights issue

Posted on July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

In a recent publication in The Lancet, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health Director Sofia Gruskin and fellow commissioners of the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights brought to ... read more →

Laura Ferguson discusses HIV, health and human rights with the Harvard Health Policy Review

Posted on July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

Dr. Laura Ferguson, director of research at the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH), speaks with the Harvard Health Policy Review, providing insight into the relationship that human rights have on HIV r... read more →

Global Health and Human Rights under the New Administration: Steps to Set Priorities for our Collective Agenda

Posted on November 20, 2020April 2, 2021

The 2020 U.S. election season has been a highly charged, deeply emotional and, let’s be honest, entirely exhausting experience. Though elections serve as an opportunity for people to indicate their choice of candidates and... read more →

HIV Recency Testing: Should Results be Disclosed to Individuals Tested?

Posted on September 14, 2020November 23, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Ruth Macklin, Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA Sara Klucking, Lejeune Lockett, Celia J Maxwell, Kenneth H Mayer, Edwin Sanders, Frederick Sawe Date: September, 2020Publication Link: h... read more →

Global Health and Human Rights for a Postpandemic World

Posted on September 12, 2020October 2, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Rajat Khosla, Pascale Allotey, Sofia Gruskin JD, MIAPublished By: BMJ Global HealthDate: September, 2020Publication Link: https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/8/e003548 ... read more →