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Engaging Human Rights in the Evolving Zika Virus Epidemic

Posted on February 16, 2017August 25, 2018

In late 2015, an increase in the number of infants born with microcephaly in poor communities in northeast Brazil prompted investigation of antenatal Zika infection as the cause. Public health officials, policymakers, and in... read more →

Baseline Evaluation Report – The Global Fund Africa Regional HIV Grant: Removing Legal Barriers to Accessing HIV, TB and Malaria Services

Posted on January 26, 2017April 17, 2020

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 →

Human Rights, Gender, and Infectious Disease: From HIV/AIDS to Ebola

Posted on November 1, 2016August 25, 2018

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 →