Viewpoints

FIGHT FOR RIGHTS VIEWPOINT SERIES, Vol 27/1, pp. 83-86, PDF Published 3 February 2025 Joseph J. Amon Nearly 60 years ago, comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested for saying “forbidden” words in his stand-up show.[1] A few years later, George Carlin…

  Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 87-90  PDF SPECIAL SECTION: DISTRESS MIGRATION AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH VIEWPOINT Rebecca Walker and Jo Vearey Introduction Since South Africa’s democratic transition in 1994, the country has been associated…

Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 133-136  PDF SPECIAL SECTION: DISTRESS MIGRATION AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH VIEWPOINT Lars Lindgren and Karla Fredricks Introduction The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) stresses the importance of children’s…

Nicole B. Alkhouri and Nadia N. Abuelezam By September 13, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that approximately 560,000 children in Gaza had received the first dose of the oral polio vaccine type 2 (cVDPV2) as part of a three-phase…

VIEWPOINT Berenice Cerra and Daniel Dorado The Justice of Ecuador has released a decision declaring an executive decree that eliminated and decreased taxes on ultra-processed food products, tobacco, alcohol, guns, and plastics, unconstitutional.[1]…

VIEWPOINT Sandra Smiley and Michele Heisler Climate change has numerous impacts on health, both current and projected.[1] These health impacts are disproportionately borne by people experiencing poverty, inequity, and marginalization.[2] Two…

VIEWPOINT Gautam Gulati, Brendan D. Kelly, and Mary Donnelly There is a significant over-representation of people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities in penal populations worldwide.[1] This phenomenon results from penal populism, lack…

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…