USC Institute for Global Health
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The Program on Global Health & Human Rights team at the Institute for Global Health is pleased to announce that Dr. Daniel Tarantola will be joining the Program as Adjunct Professor of Research. Dr. Tarantola brings with him a wealth of experience and a widely recognized body of work. He began an international health career … Continue reading Daniel Tarantola joins GHHR as Adjunct Professor of Research
By Daniel Tarantola, Kenneth Camargo, and Sofia Gruskin, published in the American Journal of Public Health.
In its first report to address sexual health, human rights and the law, the World Health Organization called on policymakers, health care providers, non-governmental organizations and others to remove barriers to information and services. Read more on USC News. (Photo/Valeria Preisler)
Professor Sofia Gruskin was appointed to the advisory board of Transforming Ourselves Through Organizing, and Services (TOD@S), a research partnership in the field of transgender health and human rights. The group is spearheading a project focused on anti-violence for transgender people in Lima, Peru, by endorsing and engaging grassroots transgender organizations in both the U.S. … Continue reading Professor Gruskin appointed to transgender health, human rights group
Professor Sofia Gruskin and GHHR legal fellow Ian Henry submitted a contribution to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHR) Secretariat in preparation for the July 14 Half-Day of General Discussion on the proposed General Comment on Article 6 (Right to Life) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The … Continue reading GHHR contributes to UN human rights discussion of the right to life
Professor Sofia Gruskin and co-authors published methodology and findings from conducting a human rights based evaluation in this month's New Directions for Evaluation. "Integrating Human Rights in Program Evaluation: Lessons From Law and Health Programs in Kenya" discusses the value of operationalizing human rights principles and strategies in context of legal integration programs using the … Continue reading Lessons From Law & Health Programs in Kenya
Through a longstanding relationship with Vietnam, Program on Global Health & Human Rights Director Sofia Gruskin began a new project in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). She will advise Vietnam’s population law to ensure it covers key human rights issues in conformity with Vietnam’s ratified international treaties and national legal system. Through … Continue reading Partnership with Vietnam to integrate human rights in population law
The USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights has begun a new project with the Open Society Foundations focused on strengthening the capacity of and increasing access to justice for people who use drugs, with a special focus on young populations in Indonesia. As part of this project GHHR will partner with and provide … Continue reading Indonesia project aims to increase access to justice, health, human rights
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 and National Legislative Environments to Support the Human Rights of LGBT People and Women and Girls affected by HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan … Continue reading Human rights partnership continues with UNDP
This month Professor Laura Ferguson traveled to The Gambia to continue her ongoing work with the World Bank focused on maternal and child nutrition and health. The primary purpose of this trip was to assist the monitoring and evaluation team within the National Nutrition Agency and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to strengthen … Continue reading Dr. Ferguson assisting monitoring and evaluation in The Gambia
