Global Health and Human Rights under the New Administration: Steps to Set Priorities for our Collective Agenda
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USC and IIGH Amref Health Africa – An Inside Look at Our Evolving Partnership
The USC Institute on Inequalities on Global Health (IIGH) has put into place a long-term partnership with Amref Health Africa to use our respective strengths to jointly design and implement projects across a variety of healt... read more →
The SDG Leadership Academy: Students And the City of Los Angeles Work Towards A Sustainable Future
Over the course of the summer, USC-IIGH sponsored the SDG Leadership Academy. 63 students from four different universities took part in this ten-week internship program in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of the City of... read more →
SDG Leadership Academy: Update
The USC IIGH SDG Leadership Academy, launched last week in partnership with the Office of the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, is providing an opportunity for our students to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (... read more →
Health and Human Rights in This Moment
The United Nations defines human rights as “rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status.” We are all equally entitled to these h... read more →
The Need for Human Rights in this Global Pandemic
The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH) has witnessed how harmful COVID-19 is to highly vulnerable populations worldwide, including the elderly, the sick, the poor, the criminalized, sexual an... read more →
APRU Global Health Held an Insightful Webinar on Bioethics and COVID-19
Bioethics has been and will continue to be a key consideration during the COVID-19 crisis, as the pandemic has brought to light chronic injustices such as homelessness, and increases in discrimination and intimate partner vi... read more →
A Global Conversation in a Difficult Time
In 2018 when I accepted the mission of leading USC’s Institute for Global Health, now the Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH), my primary focus was twofold. First, how can we work with stakeholders, educa... read more →
06/09/16 – Zika Virus Awareness Symposium
The Zika virus is in the news everywhere. You may have seen headlines like “US labs probe Zika, but the going is tough” and “Growing fears over Zika as summer approaches.” The CDC has issued travel alerts for pregnant... read more →
Help make USC smoke-free!
Thanks for your interest in helping to get USC smoke-free! We are happy to report that, as of Jan. 10, 2017, the university has enacted a comprehensive smoke-free policy that applies to all USC campuses and facilities... read more →