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Tingting Shen et Joanne Csete Résumé La prévalence du VIH est faible en Chine dans la population générale, mais plus élevée parmi certaines populations clés touchées par le VIH, dont les professionnel(le)s du sexe. La vente et l’achat de services…

David Flood, Anita Chary, Alejandra Colom, and Peter Rohloff The field of global nutrition has coalesced around the “first 1,000 days” concept, which prioritizes pregnancy and the first two years of life as a critical window to improve child health…

Terry McGovern, Johanna Fine, Carolyn Crisp, and Emily Battistini Abstract To end the growing HIV epidemic among young women, human rights violations must be addressed. The Sustainable Development Goals have the potential to help, but only if…

Tingting Shen and Joanne Csete Abstract HIV prevalence in China is low in the general population but higher among certain key affected populations, including sex workers. Providing and purchasing sexual services are criminal offenses. Police…

Jessica M. Keralis Abstract Effective HIV prevention requires the protection and empowerment of marginalized groups at high risk of infection. However, many policies persist that stigmatize these groups and hinder HIV prevention efforts, including…

Claude Cahn Abstract Tens of thousands of women were coercively sterilized in Czechoslovakia and its successor states. Romani women were particularly targeted for these measures. These practices stopped only in 2004, as a result of international…

Red Thaddeus D. Miguel “I don’t care about human rights, believe me.” So said Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte (pictured left) whose “war on drugs” has not slowed down despite risks of weakening the government. According to the Philippine…

Aiden Ford Congratulations to Aiden Ford—this essay is a winner in the Harvard FXB Health and Human Rights Consortium 2017 Student Essay Competition. Aiden Ford recently graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Physiology…

C. Nicholas Cuneo, Richard Sollom, and Chris Beyrer Abstract The 2008–2009 Zimbabwe cholera epidemic resulted in 98,585 reported cases and caused more than 4,000 deaths. In this study, we used a mixed-methods approach that combined primary…

Wan-Ju Wu, Sheela Maru, Kiran Regmi, and Indira Basnett Historical context Reproductive rights are considered to be an inseparable part of women’s human rights and within that the right to abortion is seen to hold an important place. —Lakshmi…