Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 179-181 | PDF Pascal Tanguay, Anand Chabungbam, and Gino Vumbaca In 2012, the cosponsors of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) issued a statement calling for the closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers.[1] To accelerate this process, an expert working group—composed of eminent scholars and community leaders—was jointly established in 2014 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and…
PERSPECTIVE Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination: Lessons from Tuberculosis and HIV
Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 85-91 | PDF Lynette Mtimkulu-Eyde, Justin Denholm, Apurva Narain, Razia Fatima, Karuna D. Sagili, Rubeshan Perumal, and Nesri Padayatchi There is little doubt that vaccines represent one of the most significant medical advancements in human history, eradicating smallpox and averting millions of deaths from infectious diseases annually.1 Nevertheless, they are currently undermined by the convergence of three pandemics: COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, and internet-facilitated misinformation. This…
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Developing Data Governance Agreements with Indigenous Communities in Canada: Toward Equitable Tuberculosis Programming, Research, and Reconciliation
Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 21-33 | PDF Robin P. Love, Billie-Jo Hardy, Courtney Heffernan, Amber Heyd, Melissa Cardinal-Grant, Lori Sparling, Bonnie Healy, Janet Smylie, and Richard Long Abstract Indigenous rights to self-determination and data sovereignty support Indigenous-led data governance, which, when adequately resourced, can act as a catalyst for Indigenous-led strategic planning and decision-making in public health research and programming. Respecting Indigenous data sovereignty and governance requires time, resources,…
(Re)Claiming Health: The Human Rights of Young LGBTIQ+ Indigenous People in Australia
Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 35-47 | PDF Linda Briskman, Corrinne T. Sullivan, Kim Spurway, John Leha, William Trewlynn, and Karen Soldatić Abstract The human rights of both LGBTIQ+ and Indigenous peoples are far from realized. When conjoined, intersecting identities reveal how racism and queer phobia affect well-being, negating the right to health and resulting in devastating impacts on people’s social, cultural, and emotional well-being. This paper documents the lived…
Human Rights Implications of the Digital Revolution in Health Care in India
Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 5-19 | PDF Deekshitha Ganesan Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in rapidly evolving developments in digital health, and governments around the world are experimenting with different ways of introducing technological tools in the management and delivery of health care services. India, among the countries that faced one of the most serious outbreaks in the second wave of the pandemic, recently rolled out the National…
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VIEWPOINT Moving toward Voluntary Community-Based Treatment for Drug Use and Dependence
Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 183-187 | PDF Robert Ali and Matthew Stevens The supply of illicit drugs available in East and Southeast Asian markets is higher than ever before. Methamphetamine seizures across the region have increased yearly since 2011 due to the increased production and availability of crystal methamphetamine.1 This has also coincided with an increase in the number of seizures from new and emerging psychostimulants, including those with…
FOREWORD In Memory of Paul Farmer, Who Believed the Future Could Be Different
Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 1-4 | PDF Joseph J. Amon and Carmel Williams On February 21, 2022, Health and Human Rights Journal’s editor-in-chief, Paul Farmer, died in his sleep while working in Rwanda. In addition to his role at the journal, Paul was Kolokotrones University Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, chief of the Division of Global Health Equity…
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A Human Rights Framework for Advancing the Standard of Medical Care for Incarcerated People in the United States in the Time of COVID-19
Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 59-75 | PDF Brendan Saloner, Gabriel B. Eber, Carolyn B. Sufrin, Chris Beyrer, and Leonard S. Rubenstein Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the lack of resources and oversight that hinders medical care for incarcerated people in the United States. The US Supreme Court has held that “deliberate indifference” to “serious medical needs” violates the Constitution. But this legal standard does not assure the consistent…
VIEWPOINT Health Workers on the Political Frontlines
Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 121-123 | PDF Gideon Lasco, Raudah Mohd Yunus, Edward Christopher Dee, and Martin McKee Health workers have been on the clinical frontlines of the struggle against COVID-19, enduring conditions they could never have anticipated. But many have also been engaged on the political frontlines. In brief interludes between caring for sick and dying patients, they have become advocates for health, demanding action on practical concerns,…
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VIEWPOINT Not Enough Stick? Drug Detention and the Limits of United Nations Norm Setting
Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 175-177 | PDF Daniel Wolfe and Roxanne Saucier A January 2022 report by UNAIDS and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is the first in years to gauge the state of detention in the name of drug treatment in Asia.[1] The report is also a sobering milestone: total numbers in drug detention centers remain essentially the same as 2012, when 12 United Nations…