Blogs

Public Health and Social Justice Martin Donohoe Jossey-Bass (October 2012) ISBN: 111808814X 656 pages $60.00 Reviewed by Daniel R. George,  Ph.D, M.Sc, and Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, Ph.D Comedian Stephen Colbert, who plays a faux archconservative on the…

By guest contributors Johanna Hanefeld and Anuj Kapilashrami The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Malaria and TB is a leading funder in global health. In just over a decade since its inception in 2002, the organization has committed over USD 20 billion in…

By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Girls’ significant lack of access to education worldwide was linked to economic factors, entrenched customary practices, and inadequate government and global priorities in a recent Forum at the Harvard School of…

By guest blogger Beth E. Rivin, M.D., M.P.H. Holding governments accountable for their legal and political obligations to women’s rights, including the right to the highest attainable standard of health, requires civil society to engage in activities…

By guest blogger Anna Malavisi While we need to applaud the proposal of a Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) as a way to address health inequalities and inequities, we cannot be complacent in believing that such a framework will achieve its…

By FXB Research Assistant Carrie Bronsther On April 16, the Forum at Harvard School of Public Health, in collaboration with the GlobalPost, presented a panel discussion on The Cost of Inaction: The Consequences of Failing the World’s Children. The panel…

Ed. Lanse Minkler Cambridge University Press (Jan 2013) ISBN 9781107609136 408 pages $36.99 In The State of Economic and Social Human Rights, Minkler draws on the insight of scholars in economics, law, sociology, anthropology, and political science to…

By Ashish Premkumar, Allison Barker, Amanda DeLoureiro, MPH, Leela Sarathy, Daniel A. Dworkis As medical students, we operate in a world of graduated clinical responsibility, traversing the divide from taking vitals to complex differential diagnoses and…

MSF teams near the eastern border of Morocco have seen a dramatic influx of migrants with severe physical wounds such as broken limbs, dislocated jaws, and concussions. As reported on AlertNet, the migrants claim they are being attacked by Moroccan and…

Earlier this month, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment released a report focusing “on certain forms of abuses in health-care settings that may cross a threshold of mistreatment.” According…