The Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health: Establishing international processes for state reporting to an independent monitoring body
Benjamin Mason Meier and Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum: How independent monitoring bodies can ensure state reporting, oversight, and accountability in accelerating progress on Millennium Development Goals related to the health of women and children. (April 28, 2011)
La participación social en un contexto de violencia política: Implicaciones para la promoción y ejercicio del derecho a la salud en guatemala
Walter Flores, Ana Lorena Ruano, y Denise Phé Funchal: La participación social en un contexto de violencia política: Implicaciones para la promoción y ejercicio del derecho a la salud en guatemala
Massachusetts health care reform
Beth Waldman [Editor's note: A PDF version of this article is available here] Abstract The United States spends more per capita on health care than nearly every other country; yet despite this level of spending,quality outcomes in the United States are lower than in many developed countries. This poor quality is due in part to [...]
Upcoming Event: Course on Health Rights Litigation
The Health Rights of Women and Children Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, is pleased to announce application and scholarship information for the Course on Health Rights Litigation, part of the Global School on the Enforcement of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
Why the Global Fund Matters
Partners in Health co-founder and Health and Human Rights editor-in-chief Paul Farmer outlines the importance of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
Book Brief: Science in the Service of Human Rights
Richard Pierre Claude examines the complex, sometimes fraught relationship between scientific progress and political society in order to propose a guiding framework with which to examine the tensions that may arise from this dynamic.
The Importance of Public Financing in Achieving Universal Health Coverage
Health economist Rob Yates writes that if governments want to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage, they should concentrate on improving public financing mechanisms.
Ending Violence Against Women: A Public Health Imperative
Human Rights Watch researcher Amanda Klasing underscores the public health imperative to end violence against women, noting that there are few instances in which the health and human rights of women and girls "intersect in such an immediate way as after violence."
