Volume 16, Number 1

Data-Driven Human Rights: Using the Electronic Health Record to Promote Human Rights in Jail The electronic health record (EHR) is a commonplace innovation designed to promote efficiency, quality and continuity of health services. In the New York City…

Human Rights and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria In recent years, multilateral and bilateral donors have begun engaging more actively in assessment and management of human rights risks that can either impact, or…

The Impact of Reliance on Private Sector Health Services on the Right to Health A human rights approach is predicated on the responsibility of states to design health systems and implement health policies that are consistent with human rights…

Emerging Roles of Health Care Providers to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts: A Perspective from East Harlem, New York Professional associations of health care workers are issuing policy statements on climate change and health with greater frequency,…

Wrong Side of the Tracks: The Neglected Human Costs of Transporting Oil and Gas The connection between human rights and climate change is most evident when examining carbon dioxide emissions that result from burning fossil fuels (e.g., sea level rise…

Climate Change and the Right to Health for Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand Climate change is widely regarded as one of the most serious global health threats of the 21st century. Its impacts will be disproportionately borne by the most disadvantaged…

Rising Oceans, Climate Change, Food Aid, and Human Rights in the Marshall Islands Climate change impacts are expected to produce more frequent, longer and unpredictable drought periods with further saltwater intrusion in the Marshall Islands. As a…

Using a Reporting System to Protect the Human Rights of People Living with HIV and Key Populations: A Conceptual Framework Human rights of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and key populations most affected by HIV are often violated, with negative…

Chikungunya, Climate Change, and Human Rights Chikungunya is a re-emerging arbovirus that causes significant morbidity and some mortality. Global climate change leading to warmer temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns allow mosquito vectors to…

Social Justice, Climate Change, and Dengue Climate change should be viewed fundamentally as an issue of global justice. Understanding the complex interplay of climatic and socioeconomic trends is imperative to protect human health and lessen the…