Center for Public Health and Human Rights
Michael J. Smit, beloved husband of Center Director, Dr. Chris Beyrer passed away on April 1 after a brief illness. Mike will be greatly missed by all who were lucky enough to know him.
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A new report from CPHHR, CHH, along with IRC and SAMS addresses some of the unique and difficult challenges humanitarian health organizations working in settings extreme violence. The report, based on almost 100 interviews with organizational managers and front-line health workers, identifies these challenges and makes recommendations to humanitarian organizations to develop processes to address the questions in a structured and systematic way.
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Spring 2019 Symposium
CPHHR's Spring Symposium will focus on the timely topic of Technology Health and Human Rights. We will have a moderated panel that will feature questions and commentary surrounding the challenges and ethics of using technology in research. These challenges will only increase as technology and research become more integrated. Please join us April 3 in W1020!
Center Director, Dr. Chris Beyrer, International AIDS Society's (IAS) Past President speaks for Human Rights Day.
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The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health steps into this political debate to provide evidence for cooperation and action on what is one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century.
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Tamara Taraciuk Broner of Human Rights Watch and Kathleen Page of Johns Hopkins University give a compelling report of the health crisis currently occurring in Venezuela and the need for regional intervention now.
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On behalf of the International Aids Society (IAS), the IAS Governing Council Africa Regional Representatives issued a statement condemning Tanzania's anti LGBT initiatives that are contrary to the countries commitment to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030
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Follow the link to see Dean MacKenzie's letter recognizing gender diversity and the important work of Drs. Stefan Baral and Andrea Wirtz.
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Please join the Center for Public Health and Human Rights and the Center for Humanitarian Health for a special event, from 12:00-1:20 pm on November 5th in Becton Dickinson, for a panel discussion on the Health Crisis in Venezuela
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The Center for Public Health and Human Rights (CPHHR) works to advance understanding of the critical links between health and human rights.
Since it was established in 2004, the Center has become a global leader in research, teaching and advocacy designed to help some of the world’s most disadvantaged people to assert their rights to health and to human dignity.
