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Special Section: Health, Rights, and the Future of Global Drug Control Martin Jelsma Introduction For thousands of years, coca has been a cornerstone of the cultural, spiritual, and medicinal traditions of Indigenous Peoples in the…

Special Section: Health, Rights, and the Future of Global Drug Control Ann Fordham Interviews Laura Gil Laura Gabriela Gil Savastano is an internationalist, political scientist, and journalist. She served as Colombia’s vice minister for…

Paper in Press, 27 August 2026 Maria Teresa Moreira, Andreia Lima, Christina César Praça Brasil, Vânia Peixoto, and Rita Alegria Abstract Autistic people experience systematic exclusion within health care systems organized around neurotypical…

STUDENT ESSAY Noor Abbasi Abstract Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) occupy a central yet largely unaccountable role in the United States’ pharmaceutical supply chain, controlling access to essential medications for over 275 million Americans.…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 203-205 PDF Bram Wispelwey The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences, by Margareta Matache (Routledge, 2026) While Margareta (Magda) Matache’s The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences is…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 155-166  PDF Young Su Park, Doris Schroeder, Orla Drummond, and Ock-Joo Kim Abstract Informed consent is both a foundational principle of research ethics and a human right grounded in self-determination and bodily…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 85-103 PDF Rula Ghandour, Abdullatif Husseini, Shiraz Nasr, and Rita Giacaman Abstract The well-being of Palestinians living under prolonged Israeli occupation is deeply conditioned by the structures of deprivation and…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 71-84  PDF Janani Shanthosh, Georgia White, Emma Feeny, Shiming Zheng, Uday Adavi, Jane Hirst, Nadia Mohd Rasidi, Bronwyn Pithey, and Anna Palagyi Abstract Globally, gender inequality is deepening, with nearly 40% of…

EDITORIAL, Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 41-45 PDF Joseph J. Amon and Carmel Williams In his 1970 book Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, economist Albert Hirschman observed that “under any economic, social, or political system, individuals, business firms, and…

CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO HEALTH, VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 7-9  PDF Mourice Onyango Okuon and Rita Babirye A recent ruling by the High Court of Kenya in HSO, AMO TA & Another v. Attorney General and 3 Others on May 20, 2026, has exposed…