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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 →

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 →

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 →

New York UNDP meeting focuses on HIV, human rights and law

Posted on November 23, 2014August 21, 2018

Professor Sofia Gruskin traveled to New York as a member of the guidance group for a Global Commission on HIV and the Law stocktaking exercise hosted by the United Nations Development Program. Two years since the launch of th... read more →