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…

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…

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…