December 21 | Uganda's draft HIV/AIDS bill alarms human rights communityOpen Forum |
December 16 | South Africa revives commitment to combating AIDSOpen Forum |
December 14 | Maximizing benefits: A rights-based approach to healthSarah Mi Ra Dougherty |
December 7 | HIV treatment plans inadequate in South African prisonsOpen Forum |
December 3 | Informed consent at the nexus of health and human rights, as reported by Special Rapporteur Anand Grover to the UN General AssemblyOpen Forum |
November 30 | Media, money, and human rightsDavid Hudacek |
November 23 | CAFTA: Barriers to access to medicines in GuatemalaEllen Shaffer, Joseph Brenner, Shayna Lewis |
November 18 | Call for action to reduce global maternal mortality and morbidityOpen Forum |
November 17 | South Africa's Constitutional Court makes final decision in access to water caseOpen Forum |
November 12 | Complicit and culpable: The role of health professionals in CIA torture activitiesOpen Forum |
November 10 | US Supreme Court considers constitutionality of sentencing children to life in prison; Paul Farmer speaks out in Globe Op-EdOpen Forum |
November 5 | Obama ends ban restricting entry of HIV-positive travelers and immigrants into the USOpen Forum |
November 4 | Two Libyan prisoners, two paradoxical fatesCarol Corillon |
November 2 | Patients with borders, Case study 3Open Forum |
October 29 | Beyond the market: Health care as a civil or human right?Anja Rudiger |
October 28 | Adolescent health in RwandaOpen Forum |
October 26 | Patients with borders, Case study 2Open Forum |
October 21 | Patients with bordersOpen Forum |
October 15 | A response to Amon et al.Andrea Boggio |
October 14 | Undercover illness: Interventions needed to detect and treat sickle-cell anemia in AfricaOpen Forum |
October 6 | Self-governance and international treatiesOpen Forum |
October 1 | Sexual violence in the CongoOpen Forum |
September 29 | Righting a century of wrongs: Whiteclay, NebraskaOpen Forum |
September 16 | Participation as a development tool for the health sector: The Rwandan experienceAgnes Binagwaho |
September 14 | HIV stigmatization and children: Fear and ignorance prevent HIV-positive children from going to schoolOpen Forum |
September 10 | Childhood malnutrition: Another reason to advocate for reducing tobacco useOpen Forum |
September 8 | Eradicating malaria: Don’t dismiss DDTDanielle Brown |
September 3 | In frontier country: How Montanans feel about their right to health careAnja Rudiger |
September 2 | Press conferences: A new approach to educating the public on health reformRoslyn Solomon |
August 31 | Promoting infant male circumcision to reduce transmission of HIV: A flawed policy for the USSarah Bundick |
August 26 | Innovative low-tech health systems save women’s livesHHR Journal |
August 25 | When “participation” isn’t participatory: Current health reforms in ColombiaAlicia Ely Yamin |
August 21 | Combating drug-resistant HIV: Could old shipping containers be part of the answer?HHR Journal |
August 20 | Trafficking and HIV in Southeast Asia: Women speak outOpen Forum |
August 19 | Harassment and violence against abortion providers worsensHHR Journal |
August 18 | Drug-resistant pathogens: A threat to public health and human rightsHHR Journal |
August 17 | Protecting the health of undocumented immigrantsMaggie Sullivan |
August 14 | Nicaraguan abortion ban endangers women’s livesOpen Forum |
July 30 | Why “health insurance reform” fails to meet human rights principlesAnja Rudiger |
July 29 | Child witches – Superstition, blame, and moneyOpen Forum |
July 28 | Fertility and the World Bank: A refresher on supply and demandOpen Forum |
July 27 | US Food safety: Federal government promises action in the wake of E. coli O157:H7 outbreaksOpen Forum |
July 24 | Fighting TB from every angle: New breakthroughs in detection and treatmentOpen Forum |
July 23 | Health and human rights series on the Change.org Global Health blogOpen Forum |
July 22 | Women gone missing: Where, why, and howOpen Forum |
July 21 | HIV Medics training program in New Delhi graduates first class of HIV workersOpen Forum |
July 20 | A “historic failure”: American Indian health care suffersOpen Forum |
July 17 | Pope Benedict’s contraceptive “condomnation”Open Forum |
June 30 | An open letter: Doctors respond to murder of Dr. TillerAuTumn Davidson |
June 25 | Talking about rape: New efforts to prevent sexual violence in AfricaOpen Forum |
June 23 | What role should pharmaceutical companies play in improving global health?Open Forum |
June 22 | Budget crunch prompts Governor to propose eliminating California environmental health agencyOpen Forum |
June 18 | A further response to Dr. Binagwaho on human rights for infants of HIV-positive mothersClaudio Schuftan, Ted Greiner |
June 11 | Population health unaffected by ratification of human rights treatiesOpen Forum |
June 10 | “Seeking protection, finding prison”: Neglected health of asylum seekersOpen Forum |
June 9 | Responses: The murder of Dr. Tiller"Open Forum |
June 5 | Drug policy in Portugal: Implications on the health of citizensOpen Forum |
June 4 | Preventable maternal death: A violation of women’s rightsAlicia Ely Yamin |
May 28 | China’s HIV/AIDS prevention efforts are ambitious, but many are left untreatedOpen Forum |
May 27 | Bangladesh faces diarrhea outbreaks due to rising temperatures, power outagesOpen Forum |
May 26 | In the newsOpen Forum |
May 22 | A response to Dr. Claudio SchuftanAgnes Binagwaho |
May 22 | Book review: Torture and health professionalsOpen Forum |
May 21 | Religious leaders help spread critical health messages in PakistanOpen Forum |
May 19 | Curbing rape on tribal landsOpen Forum |
May 18 | “Toolkit for action” provides means of confronting AIDS stigmaOpen Forum |
May 14 | UNICEF-supported health insurance lowers child mortality rates in Bolivia. Is it enough?Open Forum |
May 13 | Authorities fail to notify 2,000 HIV-positive ChileansOpen Forum |
April 30 | Striving to present health care as a human rightOpen Forum |
April 29 | Afghan president vows to amend Shia Family LawOpen Forum |
April 27 | Innovative treatment for traumatized monksOpen Forum |
April 27 | Open Society Institute publication counters HIV-specific criminal lawsOpen Forum |
April 27 | Report addresses maternal mortality rates in PeruOpen Forum |
April 26 | Women’s health neglected in US immigration detentionOpen Forum |
April 25 | Brazil: Clash of church, law over abortion performed on young rape victimOpen Forum |
April 23 | UN drug policy: The harm reduction debateOpen Forum |
April 22 | Ukraine takes the lead in fighting an HIV epidemic among MSMOpen Forum |
April 22 | Worsening food crisis in North KoreaOpen Forum |
March 25 | No shelter in Sri Lankan ‘no fire zone’Open Forum |
January 30 | Health and human rights: A journalist’s perspectiveRory O'Connor |
January 21 | One baby at a time: Saving children in LesothoCheryl Snyder |


