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Q&A: “From Laws and Standards to Implementation of Interventions in Global Health” with Rajat Khosla

Posted on March 21, 2019May 15, 2019

The USC Law & Global Health Collaboration hosted Rajat Khosla, Senior Human Rights Officer at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sept. 27, 2018, to discuss interventions in global healt... read more →

The report from the High Level Working Group on Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents is handed over to WHO Director-General Margaret Chan at the 70th World Health Assembly May 22. Photo Courtesy WHO.

Stand up for human rights to – and through – health, experts urge government

Posted on May 23, 2017March 13, 2019

A transformative report published May 22 by a United Nations-backed group will set the health and human rights agenda for women, children and adolescents over the next decade. (more…)... read more →

UN Photo/Martine Perret. License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Leaders appointed to champion health, human rights of the vulnerable

Posted on October 3, 2016March 13, 2019

For the first time, the world’s governing bodies have tasked a group of experts to expand the health and human rights of women, children and adolescents everywhere. (more…)... read more →