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Contact Tracing Apps: Extra Risks for Women and Marginalized Groups

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Sara L.M. Davis The COVID-19 lockdown has proven economically devastating, and to enable people to move freely and start national economies moving also, many governments are exploring digital contact tracing. Mobile phone apps that track individual…

Law, Human Rights, and Pandemic Response: Reflecting on the South African HIV Response 25 Years Later

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Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 21-25 PDF COMMENTARY, COMMEMORATING 30 YEARS Sharifah Sekalala and Kene Esom Introduction The 1998 article “Human Rights and AIDS in South Africa: From Right Margin to Left Margin” by Mark Heywood and Morna Cornell…

Three Recommendations on Digital Technologies and Data Privacy for the WHO Pandemic Agreement

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Although digital technologies for health can help fulfil the right to health, they also pose specific risks which must be recognised and mitigated.

Human Rights Implications of the Digital Revolution in Health Care in India

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Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 5-19 | PDF Deekshitha Ganesan Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in rapidly evolving developments in digital health, and governments around the world are experimenting with different ways of introducing…

A Human Rights Framework for Advancing the Standard of Medical Care for Incarcerated People in the United States in the Time of COVID-19

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Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 59-75 | PDF Brendan Saloner, Gabriel B. Eber, Carolyn B. Sufrin, Chris Beyrer, and Leonard S. Rubenstein Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the lack of resources and oversight that hinders medical…

Slaughterhouse Workers, Animals, and the Environment: The Need for a Rights-Centered Regulatory Framework in the United States That Recognizes Interconnected Interests

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Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 21-33 | PDF Delcianna J. Winders and Elan Abrell Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on industrial slaughterhouses in the United States and their impacts on the vulnerable…

Building the Evidence for a Rights-Based, People-Centered, Gender-Transformative Tuberculosis Response: An Analysis of the Stop TB Partnership Community, Rights, and Gender Tuberculosis Assessment

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Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 253-267 | PDF Brian Citro, Viorel Soltan, James Malar, Thandi Katlholo, Caoimhe Smyth, Ani Herna Sari, Olya Klymenko, and Maxime Lunga Abstract The global tuberculosis (TB) response has undergone a…

Letter to the Editor: Privacy, Equity, and Human Rights Challenges in Public Health Surveillance

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Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 269-270 | PDF Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup and Sara Jordan In the situation of a global pandemic, how can specific vulnerable groups be protected against privacy risks that are inherent to contact tracing?…

Ensuring Rights while Protecting Health: The Importance of Using a Human Rights Approach in Implementing Public Health Responses to COVID-19

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Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 173-186 | PDF Sophia A. Zweig,* Alexander J. Zapf,* Chris Beyrer, Debarati Guha-Sapir, and Rohini J. Haar Abstract In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world have implemented…

Is Mandatory Vaccination for COVID-19 Constitutional under Brazilian Law?

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Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 163-174 PDF Daniel Wei Liang Wang, Gabriela Moribe, and Ana Luiza Gajardoni de M. Arruda Abstract Mandatory vaccination for COVID-19 has been the object of heated debate in Brazil. This article discusses the…