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MYANMAR: Improving maternal and childcare in the east

October 17, 2011
IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis


How Human Rights Violations Undermine Medical Professionalism
August 8, 2011

OSI Blog, Leonard S. Rubenstein
Mr. Rubenstein discusses how state-sponsored violations of human rights can undermine medical professionalism in day-to-day clinical practice.  The commentary also considers how restrictions on training can violate human rights and compromise professionalism and the responsibilities of organizations and medical professionals.

Decision rendered on the Prostitution Pledge
July 29th, 2011
PLoS Guest Blogger, Nicole Masenior and Chris Beyrer
Update on the “The US Anti-Prostitution Pledge: First Amendment Challenges and Public Health Priorities,”  the legal case of  non-governmental organizations who had challenged the Bush Administration on a policy requirement for grantees receiving funds through the United States to adopt policies opposing sex trafficking and prostitution. 

Burma’s health woes traversing borders
January 28, 2011
The Democratic Voice of Burma
Interview with Dr. Suwanvanichkij

Chris Beyrer Named to PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board
January 18, 2011
JHSPH Magazine
Dr. Beyrer has been appointed to the newly established Scientific Advisory Board for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief that will advise Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator for the Department of State, on developments in HIV/AIDS research in an effort to maximize PEPFAR’s scientific contributions.

Human rights in HIV: The protection of human rights is key in the efforts to control the HIV epidemic
January 9, 2011
The Star, online
Dr. Beyrer and the authors of the Lancet Series on HIV, and People Who Use Drugs provide training for stakeholders and providers in Malaysia

Turning to AIDS' Other Victims
Fall 2010
JHSPH Magazine, Jackie Powder
Epidemiology of HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs and Dr. Beyrer's work with the Lancet to bring this issue back to the research agenda

Do No Harm
June 26, 2010

NY Times
Editorial to support accountability of physicians who torture

UNESCO board meets to reconsider controversial ‘dictator prize’
June 15, 2010
by R. Palmer with comments from Dr. Beyrer
Spoonfull of Medicine

No Country of Our Own
Dr. Voravit Suwanvanichkij
March 26, 2010
Radio Free Asia


Doctors Without Morals

Len Rubenstein
February 28, 2010
New York Times


For Choo, it's all work and no play
December 21, 2009
Bangkok Post

Undermining Afghan Health Care
Len Rubenstein
November 29, 2009
Washington Post

How Far Should Torture Inquiry Go?
Len Rubenstein
August 26, 2009
New York Times

Regime blocked aid to Burma
February 27, 2009
The Guardian

New report? slams junta
February 27, 2009
Irrawaddy

Burma blocked aid supplies? - report
February 27, 2009
Irish Times

Burma's Man-made Suffering
February 9, 2009
Irrawaddy

An Unlikely Champion
January 14, 2009
Nature

In Zimbabwe, the Cancer called Mugabe
January 8, 2009
Washington Post

Helping the hidden community of HIV
August 20, 2008
Time

AOSI v USAID: Challenging Global AIDS Funding Restrictions
August 8, 2008
Brennan Center for Justice) Read an update on the case.

Dramatic Rise in HIV Infection Reported Among Men who have Sex with Men
August 8, 2008
Voice of America
Listen

Global AIDS prevention give short shrift to gays???
August?9, 2008
Associated Press

Early Lessons Forgotten, AIDS Conference Told
August?7, 2008
Washington Post?

Throwing money at HIV has left many men at grave risk
August 6, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald?

Living Classrooms
Special Issue, 2008
Johns Hopkins Public Health

The Politics of Sex
Special Issue, 2008
Johns Hopkins Public Health

What Does Human Rights Have to do with Sex?
Special Issue, 2008
Editorial, Johns Hopkins Public Health

Saving Lives?in the Jungle of?Death
February 4, 2008
Men's Health

Aid and Sanctions in Burma
June 16, 2007
Editorial, The?Boston Globe

... And in Another, AIDS in Retreat
August 12, 2006
Editorial, The New York Times

Struggle Against Disease is a Fight for Human Rights
April 23, 2006
Baltimore Sun

Women's Health Collateral Damage. Why can't we prevent more childbirth deaths? Blame abortion politics
June 4, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle

In the News...

New Report: Protection of Health Care in Armed and Civil Conflict: Opportunities for Breakthroughs. Written by CPHHR faculty member Len Rubenstein. Read.
Just Released! "Injection drug use, sexual risk, violence and STI/HIV among Moscow female sex workers" has been published online. Congratulations to Michele Decker and entrie the team! Read.
Breaking News! WHO Executive Board passes resolution to increase protection of health workers and facilities in armed conflict. Read More.
Just Released! CPHHR's World Bank report on men who have sex with men made The Global Forum on MSM & HIV's 2011 top ten Key Global Policy Developments Concerning MSM and HIV! Read.
Congratuations! CPHHR Director Chris Beyrer was awarded an honorary doctorate from Chiang Mai University in northern Thailand on January 19, 2012. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presented the award during the commencement ceremonies. Read. Photos.
Just Released! “Time to Act: A Call for Comprehensive Responses to HIV in People Who Use Drugs” is now available in Chinese, Farsi, French, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Click here for the documents.
Report:  Myanmar National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS 2011-2015. Click here for more information and access to the full report.
New employment opportunity: The Center is growing and in need of a Biostatistician. Please follow links for details and the application.

Just released! Against the Odds: Helping Mothers and Babies Survive in Eastern Burma. In 2005, 4 ethnic health organizations in eastern Burma launched the Moblie Obstetric Maternal Health Workers (MOM) Project to address high maternal mortality and morbidity. Click here for informatrion on the unique approach and its impact in health services in eastern Burma. 


Breaking News! Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Burma on Thursday, December 1st. Sign petition here to show your support for change. With your help, this could be the greatest opportunity in a generation to bring about geniune democracy and human rights in Burma!

Congratulations! The Center's Leonard Rubenstein to be awarded APHA's Levy-Sidel Award for Peace, presented November 2011.

Just released! The CPHHR collaborative report with the World Bank and UNDP, The Global HIV Epidemics among Men Who Have Sex With Men, has been released for the UN General Assembly's High Level Meeting on AIDS.  Read more: Full Report Research Brief Press Release The Lancet's Review


A requiem for the fallen from the early days of AIDS: a review of the documentary film "We Were Here" by David Weissman, written by CPHHR Director Chris Beyrer and published in The Lancet. Read

Meet the Challenge: Thanks to a generous gift from the Ludwig family, the Center has received a $100,000 matching grant for the Center's faculty and research development.  Help us meet this challenge and support international work for health and human rights.  Donate 
CPHHR report makes the Top 10! The CPHHR's report for the World Bank, the Global HIV Epidemic among MSM, is listed among Top 10 Key Global Policy Developments Concerning MSM & HIV Read
Profile Chris Beyrer: advocate for social justice and health as a human right Profile
Lancet Series HIV and People who Use DrugsSee contributions from CPHHR and other JHSPH faculty Press Release Series 

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