Archive: 2026

News to 13 February 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Human Rights Office launches $400 million appeal The UN Human Rights office has launched an appeal for US $400 million to respond to crises and defend human rights worldwide. UN…

VIEWPOINT Swarupa Deb This viewpoint critically analyzes contemporary global opposition to pediatric gender-affirming care (GAC) as a regulatory ideology that justifies human rights violations against transgender children. Pediatric GAC is a…

Stay up-to-date: join our email list now UK activists oppose Palantir’s access to NHS data  National Health Service (NHS) England is facing pressure from the UK Government to use a Palintir data platform but researchers and activists are…

Suhana Roy In January 2026, India’s Supreme Court delivered a transformative judgment recognizing access to menstrual health and hygiene as an integral component of the right to life, dignity, and bodily autonomy under article 21 of the Constitution…

News to 30 January 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now A public health response to ICE violence  Health and Human Rights editor-in-chief Joseph J. Amon is calling on the public health community to adopt a disaster…

News to 24 January 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now United States leaves WHO without paying bills On Thursday, 22 January, as the United States exited the World Health Organization (WHO) the US State Department announced it would…

VIEWPOINT, January 28 2026 Joseph J. Amon Before its leadership and staff were gutted, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention provided technical assistance and disaster epidemiology training to state and local public health…

News to 17 January 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now United States withdraws from 66 international organizations President Trump has announced plans to withdraw the United States from 66 international organizations, including the…

Week ending 20 December 2025 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Director’s departure attracts global protest The Dean of the Harvard Chan School of Public Health has announced that the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health…

Guilia Bosi In 2025, for the first time, global rates of obesity among school-age children and adolescents exceeded those of underweight children, establishing it as the predominant form of malnutrition, as noted in the UNICEF Child Nutrition Report…