Archive: 2023

Vol 25/2, 2023, pp. 105-110  PDF EDITORIAL Gillian MacNaughton and A. Kayum Ahmed The emergence of neoliberalism 50 years ago has led to a marked increase in economic inequality and an undermining of economic, social, and cultural rights.…

Vol 25/2, 2023, pp. 1-14  PDF EDITORIAL Joseph J. Amon Introduction Where are we, in this moment, in our efforts to realize a right to health for all? As I take on the role of editor-in-chief of Health and Human Rights Journal, this…

Over 100 US medical and health faculty write an open letter to President Biden calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to attacks on hospitals.

Anurima Kumar and Meera Rothman In the face of the glaring humanitarian crisis in Palestine, the silence of American public health institutions has been deafening. After a month of relentlessly bombing Al-Shifa hospital (notably using American…

Harvard University’s François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights and Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, co-publishers of the Health and Human Rights Journal, have announced the appointment of Drexel Professor…

The forthcoming high-level UK AI Safety Summit focuses on existential threats caused by the rapid growth and proliferation of AI systems, including to health

Jacob M. Appel The recent decision by the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) to hold its 17th annual World Congress of Bioethics (WCB) in Doha, Qatar, has been met with considerable backlash over the proposed host country’s record of human…

Sharifah Sekalala, Kevin Hearty, and Hadijah Namyalo-Ganafa Interspersed between headlines of multiple crises in the United Kingdom such as leaving the European Union, COVID-19, successive changes of government, the war in Ukraine, and public sector…

Audrey Chapman Access to sexual and reproductive health care is a fundamental right that all states must respect, protect, and fulfil, and is articulated in regional and international treaties including the International Covenant on Economic, Social…

Alexandrine Pirlot de Corbion and Timothy Wafula Digital technology and its benefits and risks to the right to health are the focus of the latest report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health. Tlaleng Mofokeng, the Special…