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Volume 18 Number 1

Opening the Door to Zero New HIV Infections in Closed Settings

Anna Torriente, Alexander Tadion, and Lee-Nah Hsu Health and Human Rights 18/1 Published June 2016 Abstract Prisons and other closed settings are high-risk environments for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) transmission. Prisoners often experience…

Medical Hostages: Detention of Women and Babies in Hospitals

Delan Devakumar and Rob Yates Health and Human Rights 18/1 Published June 2016 A disturbing but common practice in many developing countries is the detainment of women who have recently given birth and who cannot afford their hospital charges.…

Biosocial Approaches to the 2013-2016 Ebola Pandemic

Eugene T. Richardson, Mohamed Bailor Barrie, J. Daniel Kelly, Yusupha Dibba, Songor Koedoyoma, and Paul E. Farmer Abstract Despite more than 25 documented outbreaks of Ebola since 1976, our understanding of the disease is limited, in particular the…