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    Vulnerable populations and the right to health: lessons from the Peruvian Amazon around tuberculosis control

    Camila Gianella, M. Amalia Pesantes, Cesar Ugarte-Gil, David A.J. Moore and Claudia Lema’s article has been published in International Journal for Equity in Health. Access the full …

    Caliban Unleashed: What role for strategic litigation in an illiberal era?

    Author: Alicia Ely Yamin What is the role for strategic litigation of social rights, and in particular health rights, in a world where democratic social …

    Revisiting Health Rights Litigation and Access to Medications in Costa Rica: Preliminary Evidence from the Cochrane Collaboration Reform

    Abstract In response to the incremental creation of an expansive constitutional right to health in Costa Rica, the country’s rights-friendly constitutional chamber of the Supreme …

    What causes Latin America’s high incidence of adolescent pregnancy?

    Authors: Camila Gianella  Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado  Angélica Peñas Defago Latin America is the only region in the world where adolescent pregnancies are not decreasing. According …

    Realizing Universal Health Coverage in East Africa: the relevance of human rights

    Applying a robust human rights framework would change thinking and decision-making in efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), and advance efforts to promote women’s, …

    Projects

    Mindful Justice: Aligning Police Practices and State Accountability

    Collaborators: Center for Legal Resources (Romania), Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (Norway), LawTransform (Norway) The project aims to research and compare legal and forensic practices in …

    Political determinants of sexual and reproductive health: Criminalisation, health impacts and game changers

      Why is homosexuality (encompassing lesbian, gay, bi, trans*/LGBT) more politicized and criminalized in Africa than elsewhere? Can similar politicization of abortion be prevented? And …

    Operationalizing a Rights-Based Approach to Health Service Delivery

    Abstract: The research project a Rights-Based Approach to Health Service Delivery (RBA – health delivery) aims to develop a participatory methodology for operationalizing a rights-based approach to …

    Abortion Rights Lawfare in Latin America

    Abstract: The project analyses the strategic use of rights and law in battles over abortion rights in Latin America – and the various effects of …

    Litigating the Right to Health

    Abstract: The project investigates whether litigation can make health policies and -systems in poor countries more equitable by forcing policy-makers and administrators to take seriously …

     

    News

    Video: Accountability in Global Health and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    Alicia Ely Yamin is a senior scholar at the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University. In collaboration with the United Nations Secretary-General’s …

    Alicia Yamin appointed Senior Fellow of the Global Health and Rights Project (GHRP)

    Alicia Yamin, a Global Fellow of the Centre on Law and Social Transformation has been appointed Senior Fellow of the Global Health and Rights Project(GHRP) at …

    Events

    Venezuela migration crisis: can Peruvian health system sustain it? Master’s Week 2021

    Date: 11 March 2021 Time: 14:00-15:00 Venue: Zoom #Master’s Week 2021 In order to adequately respond to health needs, health systems need to be equitable …

    Evening Exchanges: Law, politics and adolescent sexual and reproductive health: evidence of impact

    Date: Tuesday 21 August Time: 18:00-19:30 Place: Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Kalfaveien 31, Bergen Politics and law are major determinants of …