Blogs

Brigit Toebes, Mette Hartlev, Aart Hendriks, and Janne R. Herrmann (eds.) Intersentia (April 2012) ISBN 9789800001510 310 pages $97.00 The editors of Health and Human Rights in Europe provide a convincing legal argument and framework for applying human…

A joint 2009 publication by UNICEF and WHO, Diarrhoea: Why children are still dying and what can be done, revives action-oriented discussion about diarrheal disease — one of the world’s direst threats to babies and infants living in unsanitary,…

By FXB Research Associate Carrie Bronsther In December, war photographer and journalist Finbarr O’Reilly delivered a talk at the FXB Center on the “Ethics of Covering Conflict.” O’Reilly, currently a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, discussed his…

By HHR editorial assistant Kathy Wang Agence France Presse and other outlets report that the Chinese Ministry of Health has issued a mandate ordering all hospitals to provide HIV/AIDS patients with proper care. The mandate was issued after a lung cancer…

Claudia Tavani Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (October 2012) ISBN 9789004206610 380 pages $233 Reviewed by FXB Researcher Dr. Margareta Matache Collective rights and the cultural identity of the Roma: A case study of Italy introduces a model for the…

Ann Taket Routledge (June 2012) ISBN 9780415613750 224 pages $48.95 In Health Equity, Social Justice, and Human Rights, Ann Taket explains the importance of linking health and human rights, and how combining these concepts into a human rights framework…

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…