Viewpoints

Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 143-146  PDF VIEWPOINT Joseph J. Amon and Leonard Rubenstein In May, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) and Insecurity Insight issued their 2023 report on attacks on health.[1] The report identifies…

Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 147-150  PDF VIEWPOINT Tania Bosqui, Sawsan Abdulrahim, Rima A. Afifi, Alastair Ager, Theresa S. Betancourt, Alan Carr, Kristin Hadfield, Ghena Ismail, Mark J. D. Jordans, Salam Jabbour, Zeena Khazendar, Bassam Marshoud,…

Daniel Pizzolato, Dorothea Chatzikonstantinou, and Alice Cavolo Access to abortion is guaranteed by law in Italy but in practice such access can be difficult to achieve. In October 2022, legislation was proposed that could undermine current abortion…

Summer Peet, Jonathan Cohen, Laura Ferguson, and Sofia Gruskin In 2020, just as COVID-19 was revealing the human rights underpinnings of a global pandemic, one of the world’s largest private philanthropic programs devoted to health and human…

Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 151-154  PDF VIEWPOINT Ranit Mishori, Payal K. Shah, Karen Naimer, and Michele Heisler  As a provider, I am supposed to counsel my patients on risks and benefits, alternatives, and help them navigate through making…

Raquel Selcer and Sanjna L. Surya The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared the situation in Gaza to be approaching “humanity’s darkest hour”.[1] Israel has killed over 19,000 Palestinians in Gaza to date, over 7,000 of whom are…