Archive: Jun 2021

Leonard Rubenstein As far back as the 1980s human rights organizations documented human rights and international humanitarian law violations against patients, health workers, and health facilities in war and political conflict. But global human rights…

Maria Gargiulo and Megan Price Collecting data in a pandemic is difficult and can be dangerous. Even in the best settings, where health records are routinely and accurately maintained, it can be hard to justify maintaining that level of precision when…

By Caroline Kinsella Maternal and newborn deaths must not be accepted as inevitable consequences of an armed conflict, natural disaster, or disease outbreak. This World Refugee Day, it is crucial that we listen to the displaced women and girls around…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 297-299 PDF Bram Wispelwey Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health, by Eugene Richardson, MIT Press, 2020 Physician-philosopher-revolutionary Frantz Fanon begins his chapter “Medicine and…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 293-296 PDF Caitlin R. Williams, Ashley Huff, and Benjamin Mason Meier The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, edited by Chris Bobel, Inga Winkler, Breanne Fahs, Katie Ann Hasson, Elizabeth Arveda…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 289-291 PDF Kaveri Qureshi Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality, Rahul Rao, Oxford University Press, 2020 I teach a course in health and human rights at the University of Edinburgh. LGBTI rights are…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 259-271 PDF Moses Mulumba, Ana Lorena Ruano, Katrina Perehudoff, and Gorik Ooms Abstract This paper presents a case study of how colonial legacies in Uganda have affected the shape and breadth of community…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 251-258 PDF Ángela Arenas Massa, Marilú Budinich Villouta, and Carolina Riveros Ferrada Abstract This paper analyzes the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ ruling in the case of Poblete Vilches et al. v. Chile.…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 225-236 PDF Nirmala Pillay, Dzimbabwe Chimbga, and Marie Claire Van Hout Abstract Zimbabwe has successfully reduced its HIV prevalence rate and AIDS-related deaths in recent years, but women, particularly those who…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 213-224 PDF Ashley Hayward and Jaime Cidro Abstract Birthing can be an empowering experience for women. Within many Indigenous cultures around the world, birth is a ceremony to celebrate new life, acknowledging the…