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Kimberly A. Cullen and Louise C. Ivers Health and Human Rights 12/2 Published December 2010 Abstract Months after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, over one million remain homeless and living in spontaneous internally displaced person…

Amanda M. Klasing, P. Scott Moses, and Margaret L. Satterthwaite Health and Human Rights 13/1 Published June 2011 Abstract This article provides results from an online survey of humanitarian workers and volunteers that was conducted in May and June 2010.…

Cate Buchanan Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract The health and human rights implications of violently acquired impairments (VAI), specifically gun-related injuries and trauma resulting in disability, represent an overlooked…

Leslie London, Nicolé Fick, Khai Hoan Tram, Maria Stuttaford Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract We draw on the experience of a Learning Network for Health and Human Rights (LN) involving collaboration between academic institutions…

Ligia Kiss, Ana Flavia Lucas d’Oliveira, Cathy Zimmerman, Lori Heise, Lilia Blima Schraiber, Charlotte Watts Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract Over the past three decades, international covenants have been signed and…

João Biehl, Joseph J. Amon, Mariana P. Socal, Adriana Petryna Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract Background: The Brazilian Constitution states: “Health is the right of all persons and the duty of the State.” Yet individuals in…

Susana Fried, Brianna Harrison, Kelly Starcevich, Corinne Whitaker, Tiana O’Konek Health and Human rights 14/2 Published December 2012 Abstract Maternal mortality and morbidity (MMM) and HIV represent interlinked challenges arising from common…

Public Health and Social Justice Martin Donohoe Jossey-Bass (October 2012) ISBN: 111808814X 656 pages $60.00 Reviewed by Daniel R. George,  Ph.D, M.Sc, and Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, Ph.D Comedian Stephen Colbert, who plays a faux archconservative on the…

Chinese authorities hold periodic sweeps to detain sex workers, drug users, and other ‘social undesirables’ en masse in advance of national holidays and major government conferences. Sex workers, including feminist activist Ye Haiyan (also known as…

By Ronald Pies, MD As a psychiatric physician for nearly thirty years, I am always surprised when I hear politicians claim that the U.S. health care system is “the best in the world.” To be sure, we are among the most advanced nations when it comes to…