Blogs

By HHR intern Kathy Wang On November 1, I attended Northeastern University’s annual Human Rights Institute, sponsored by the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE). This year’s two-day program focused on the theme of social determinants…

By Sara Gorman In recent years, a welcome increase in attention to specific psychological problems among refugees has led to important new insights. Some of this research interest stems from experience with troops and veterans of the Iraqi and Afghani…

Paul R. Epstein and Dan Ferber University of California Press (June 2012) ISBN 9780520272637 368 pages $24.95 Changing Planet, Changing Health gives a detailed chronology and analysis of the status of climate change and its damaging effects on the health…

Edited by Joseph Millum and Ezekiel J. Emanuel Oxford University Press (February 2012) ISBN 9780195379907 315 pages $42.30 Editors Millum and Emanuel have compiled a series of essays to link the philosophical questions about global justice, especially of…

Jeremy Youde Polity Press (June 2012) ISBN 9780745653099 188 pages $24.95 With a mixed approach combining the international legal environment with increasingly pressing global health issues, Jeremy Youde’s Global Health Governance provides an…

Maude Barlow The New Press (June 2009) ISBN 9781595584533 196 pages $16.95 In Blue Covenant, Maude Barlow seeks to impress upon the reader the importance of sustainable and equitable access to safe drinking water. Starting with a thorough account of why…

An IPS article reports on the human rights violations and health plight of thousands in eastern Myanmar, a region experiencing frequent conflict along the volatile Thai-Myanmar border. The communities in this area are considered “highly vulnerable” and…

Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski, and the Contested Illnesses Research Group University of California Press (December 2011) ISBN 9780520270213 352 pages $29.95 In Contested Illnesses, Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen…

Reuters notes that the United Nations AIDS program has released a report linking  improved access to antiretroviral drugs as a major factor in the decreased incidence of deaths from HIV and AIDS.The report was released just ahead of the International…

David H. Stone Radcliffe Publishing (April 2012) ISBN 9781846194719 254 pages $49.95 In The Growing Global Public Health Crisis and How to Address It, David Stone writes about the current state of global health and explains why such issues are relevant…