Blogs
WHO calls for universal health coverage research
By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke
Posted September 5, 2013
The World Health Organization has called for continued investment in local and global research toward the advancement of universal health coverage. “World health report…
Book Brief: The Human Right to Water
The Human Right to Water: Significance, Legal Status and Implications for Water Allocation
Inga T. Winkler
Hart Publishing (June 2012)
ISBN: 9781849462839
376 pages
$104.00
By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke
Inga T. Winkler’s new text on the right…
O’Neill Institute highlights “new frontier” for access to medicines
In a recent blog post, our colleagues at The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University report on a “new frontier” for the access to medicines movement, which follows the expanding prevalence of NCDs in…
WHO report finds violence against women “a global health problem of epidemic proportions”
By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke
Violence against women is a fundamental violation of human rights, and according to a recent WHO report, a “global health problem of epidemic proportions.” The landmark report, conducted in partnership with the…
UNHRC adopts access to medicines resolution
By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on access to medicines (A/HRC/23/L.10/Rev.1) on June 14. The resolution was adopted by 31 in favor, none against, and 16 abstentions, and follows…
Upcoming Event: Women’s Human Rights Training Institute
Sharing event information from The Center for Reproductive Rights:
After four successful rounds, the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, together with the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Network of East-West Women, and in cooperation with…
Book Review: Public Health and Social Justice
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…
The Global Fund’s new funding model–missed opportunities for human rights?
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…
A spotlight on girls’ education: Analogous to a global health emergency
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…
FCGH can support accountability for women’s right to health
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…