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Assessing changes in HIV-related legal and policy environments: Lessons learned from a multi-country evaluation

Posted on February 23, 2018May 2, 2019

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 →

Program on Global Health & Human Rights presents project poster at AIDS 2016

Posted on August 10, 2016August 21, 2018

At the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights (GHHR) Director Sofia Gruskin presented an abstract at the "legal protection of people living with HIV and k... read more →

Strengthening Regional and National Legislative Environments to Support the Human Rights of LGBT People and Women and Girls affected by HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Posted on December 1, 2015August 21, 2018

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 →

Human rights project continues in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Posted on November 18, 2015August 21, 2018

This month professors Laura Ferguson and Sofia Gruskin traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to conduct key informant interviews with a wide range of stakeholders, including NGO representatives, parliamentarians, r... read more →

International Aids Society 2015 Conference

Posted on August 20, 2015August 21, 2018

In July the Program on Global Health & Human Rights presented a poster at the 2015 International Aids Society Conference in Vancouver, Canada. The poster, which focused on assessing changes in HIV-related legal and policy... read more →

Human rights partnership continues with UNDP

Posted on June 23, 2015August 16, 2018

The USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have agreed to continue to work together, building on their recently completed project entitled "Strengthening Regional a... read more →

Assessing changes in HIV-related legal, policy environments in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on April 23, 2015August 16, 2018

This month Dr. Laura Ferguson presented at the Southern California Law and Social Science Conference on Regulation, Law and Social Science sponsored by the Southern California Legal Empirical Studies (SCELS), USC Price School... read more →

New Report: LGBT People and Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on March 23, 2015August 16, 2018

The Program on Global Health & Human Rights mid-term evaluation report for the UNDP project focused on LGBT people and women and girls affected by HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa has been published by the Global Commis... read more →

Presentation of UNDP Evaluation Report in Zambia

Posted on March 23, 2015August 16, 2018

This month Dr. Laura Ferguson traveled to Zambia to present GHHR’s mid-term evaluation report for the UNDP project focused on LGBT People and Women and Girls Affected by HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report summar... read more →

Mid-term evaluation report: Strengthening regional and national legislative environments to support the human rights of LGBT people and women and girls affected by HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on February 4, 2015August 21, 2018

A mid-term evaluation report has been released on the "Strengthening Regional and National Legislative Environments to Support the Human Rights of LGBT People and Women and Girls affected by HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa... read more →