Perspectives

Corey Prachniak-Rincón and Jimena Villar de Onís Congratulations to Corey Prachniak-Rincón and Jimena Villar de Onís – this peer-reviewed full paper is a winner in the Harvard FXB Health and Human Rights Consortium Student Essay Competition…

Gillian MacNaughton Global Health, Human Rights and the Challenge of Neoliberal Policies, by Audrey Chapman, published by Cambridge University Press, 2016 In her latest book, Global Health, Human Rights and the Challenge of Neoliberal Policies,…

Ellie Feinglass, Nadja Gomes, and Vivek Maru   Abstract Despite expanding policy commitments in many poor countries, health care is often a failure at the point of delivery. Lack of information, poor enforcement, and power dynamics…

Beatriz Galli Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity, by Alicia Ely Yamin, Foreword by Paul Farmer, published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016 Alicia Ely Yamin’s book Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity is necessary…

Nada Amroussia, Isabel Goicolea, and Alison Hernandez Abstract Although Tunisia is regarded as a pioneer in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of women’s status and rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, evidence points…

Alexandra Müller Abstract The framework of health and human rights provides for a comprehensive theoretical and practical application of general human rights principles in health care contexts that include the well-being of patients, providers, and…

Alia Januwalla Congratulations to Alia Januwalla – this essay is a winner in the Harvard FXB Health and Human Rights Consortium Student Essay Competition 2016. Alia Januwalla, MPH, is a student of Health Promotion at the Dalla Lana School of…

Letter to the Editor Michael Kirby   The Hon. Michael Kirby, AC, CMG, is a Member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High–Level Panel on Access to Essential Medicines (2015-2016). He was Justice of the High…

Michael Kirby   Health and Human Rights 18/1 Published June 2016 The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG delivered this Franz-Hermann Brüner lecture at the 16th Conference of International Investigators, in Montreux, Switzerland, on September 30,…

Allan Maleche and Nerima Were Background The tension between public health and individual rights raises key questions in the face of public health crises such as tuberculosis (TB) and Ebola: What are the circumstances that warrant the obligatory…