Center for Public Health and Human Rights
Rights and Sex Work
Please join Kate Shannon, PhD, MPH, Sheree Schwartz PhD, MPH, and Ayden Scheim, PhD on Friday April 13th from Noon – 1:30 p.m. in Anna Baetjer (W1030) at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Human Rights Watch published a report on Russia's targeted health censorship, which cites Dr. Chris Beyrer and Dr. Andrea Wirtz's paper on the HIV epidemic in Russia.
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Dr. Chris Beyrer calls for HIV prevention and treatment for people who use drugs in his Plenary statement at the United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND)
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Center faculty Dr. Andrea Wirtz and Dr. Tonia Poteat published an article that summarizes the current body of research on gender-based violence among trans populations and highlights areas for future research,
intervention, and policy.
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Sheree Schwartz, Phd, MPH article on viral load monitoring in key populations in low and middle income countries: challenges and opportunities
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Dr. Chris Beyrer comments on the Rohingya crisis and human rights in the Lancet.
(Shown: Satellite imagery obtained by Human Rights Watch show the complete destruction of the village of Chein Khar Li in Rakhine State.)
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Center Director, Dr. Chris Beyrer, releases the 2nd edition of his 1998 book, “War in the Blood: Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia" (Zed Books, London) on 15th July 2017. Pre-order your copy today! Use ISBN 9781786991935 to ensure you have the correct edition.
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JHU and the Lancet convened a Commission on Drug Policy, a group of experts who have developed a ground-breaking report on public health aspects of policy, law and law enforcement related to illicit drugs.
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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.
