Authors: Kent Buse, Robert Marten, Sarah Hawkes, George Alleyne, Phillip Baker, Fran Baum, Robert Beaglehole, Chantal Blouin, Ruth Bonita, Luisa Brumana, John Butler, Simon Capewell, Sally Casswell, José Luis Castro, Micke...
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Tag: NCDs
New Short Course: Human rights & NCDs
The Program on Global Health & Human Rights has launched a free, open-access short course on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and human rights. (more…)...
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East African Non-Communicable Disease Alliance convenes in Kenya
Members of the East Africa Non-Communicable Disease Alliance convened in Nairobe, Kenya, April 7-9 to discuss the group’s future, potential collaborations and goals to prevent NCDs in the region and country. Sandra Najuna, ...
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Non-communicable Diseases and Human Rights: Global Synergies, Gaps and Opportunities
Authors: Laura Ferguson, Daniel Tarantola, Michael Hoffmann, and Sofia Gruskin
Published By: Global Public Health
Date: March, 2016
Publication Link: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17441692.2016.1158847...
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Banning the Hiring of Tobacco Users: Where’s the Fire?
This commentary addresses the article in this issue by Huddle and colleagues concerning the implementation of policies by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine and other academic health centers to n...
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Noncommunicable Diseases and Human Rights: A Promising Synergy
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have finally emerged onto the global health and development agenda. Despite the increasingly important role human rights play in other areas of global health, their contribution to NCD preventi...
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Bringing rights into the fight against NCDs
A new report out of USC uncovers the ways human rights intersect with the world’s leading cause of death: non-communicable disease.
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Experts convene on using human rights to combat chronic disease
In fitness-friendly Southern California, it’s hard to imagine a life where women can’t ride bikes or hit the gym. But until recently, women in Saudi Arabia could do neither.
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Background Paper: Attention to Non Communicable Diseases By the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Key Messages:
None of the human rights treaties mention NCDs explicitly, but “other diseases” as noted in the ICESCR can be understood to include NCDs.
General Comments on the right to health and other rights dra...
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Background Paper: Attention to Human Rights in Global Policies and Strategies Relevant to Non-Communicable Diseases
Key Messages:
The global policy environment relevant to NCDs comprises a range of different types of documents, with different legal and political weight, and with inconsistent attention to human rights.
In these docu...
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