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  • A Comparison of Health Achievements in Rwanda and Burundi

    A Comparison of Health Achievements in Rwanda and Burundi Read More

    Why has Rwanda done so well? Photo: View of Kigale, Rwanda by Oledoe creative commons
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  • Subverting Rights: Addressing the Increasing Barriers to Reproductive Rights

    Subverting Rights: Addressing the Increasing Barriers to Reproductive Rights Read More

    Community based human rights advocacy is needed - blog by Joseph Amon and Nina Sun. Photo by Vlad Tchompalov
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  • Urgent need to support the African Commission on HIV and human rights

    Urgent need to support the African Commission on HIV and human rights Read More

    Latest blog by Patrick Eba of UNAIDS examines the African Commission's ground-breaking HIV report. Photo credit Benny Jackson, A healthy future for Africa
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  • Malaysia forces hepatitis C drug prices down - US should follow

    Malaysia forces hepatitis C drug prices down - US should follow Read More

    Latest blog by Fifa Rahman and Fran Quigley
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  • Successful reporting system in Ghana reduces HIV discrimination

    Successful reporting system in Ghana reduces HIV discrimination Read More

    Photo: People who experience discrimination are linked to legal services. Photo credit: Ryan Olson, RTI International
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Current Issue:

December 2017

December 2017

Romani People and the Right to Health
HIV and Human RightsExplore the issue

Past Issues:

June 2017

June 2017

Special Section on
Abortion and Human Rights
Drug Control and Human RightsExplore the issue
December 2016

December 2016

Special Section on Universal Health Coverage and Human RightsExplore the issue
June 2016

June 2016

Special Section on
Tuberculosis and the Right to HealthExplore the issue

Explore all past issues.

Latest Blogs

  • Subverting Rights: Addressing the Increasing Barriers to Reproductive Rights
  • Right Time to Engage with the African Regional Human Rights System on HIV and Health
  • Malaysia Can Teach Trump How to Lower Drug Prices
  • Advancing the Right to Health in the AIDS Response: An Evolving Movement and an Uncertain Future
  • Patent Fighters: Taking on Big Pharma
  • Rural-Urban Migrants in China: Mental Health Challenges and Denial of Rights

Papers in Press

Health, Human Rights, and the Transformation of Punishment: South African Litigation to Address HIV and Tuberculosis in Prisons
(05/09/2018)
Emily Nagisa Keehn and Ariane Nevin

A Comparison of Health Achievements in Rwanda and Burundi
(05/02/2018)
Hari S. Iyer, Adanna Chukwuma, Jean Claude Mugunga, Anatole Manzi, Melino Ndayizigiye, and Sudhir Anand

Access to Medicines in Times of Conflict: Overlapping Compliance and Accountability Frameworks for Syria
(04/08/2018)
Brianne McGonigle Leyh and Marie Elske Gispen

Political Priority for Abortion Law Reform in Malawi: Transnational and National Influences
(03/15/2018)
Judith Daire, Maren O. Kloster, and Katerini T. Storeng

Adolescent Rights and the “First 1,000 days” Global Nutrition Movement: A View from Guatemala
(03/08/2018)
David Flood, Anita Chary, Alejandra Colom, and Peter Rohloff

Case Study: Degree of Integration of Disability Rights Into Allied Health Professional Education
(02/26/2018)
Claire Bowley, Ann-Mason Furmage, Kanchan Marcus, and Stephanie D. Short

Inequitable Physical Illness and Premature Mortality for People with Severe Mental Illness in Australia: a Social Analysis
(02/07/2018)
Melanie Edmunds

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