Center for Public Health and Human Rights
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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HIV Stigma Webinar
USAID Webinar: How to effectively address stigma in order to reach epidemic control. October 30th 8am EDT. This webinar will share successful stigma reduction interventions and tools to measure HIV stigma. The result of the Sawa Sawa intervention, a collaboration with CCP, will be presented, highlighting improvements in stigma and HIV testing. Webinar link: https://ac.usaid.gov/stigma/
Thursday, October 11 at 4 PM in Sommer Hall. Center Director, Dr. Chris Beyrer will be moderating the panel "Panel: A Landmark Protest, 30 Years Later". This event will also be webcast.
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On June 14, 2018, Center Director, Chris Beyrer, Dean Ellen MacKenzie and other key leaders in the Bloomberg School of Public Health issued a statement, "Separating Families at U.S. Borders is a Public Health Issue."
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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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Human Rights, Health and Conflict Program Director, Leonard Rubenstein co-authored a report on The Criminalization of Healthcare Under Counter-terrorism Law.
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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.
