Center for Public Health and Human Rights
CPHHR, with BioMed Central, will be releasing a special, supplementary issue to provide a forum to discuss the history, present state, and trajectory of the integration of SRHR and HIV responses in Sub Saharan Africa. Accepted papers will be published in BMC Public Health, BMC Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health.
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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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New report reveals extent and intensity of violence against health workers in 23 countries and a complete absence of accountability
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On April 12, the Center for Public Health and Human Rights and the Center for Humanitarian Health jointly hosted United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.
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APRIL 2017: In response to the September 2016 op-ed by Chris Beyrer, Robert Blum and Tonia Poteat, Hopkins has announced that it will formally open a transgender health clinic and resume its currently-halted transgender surgical program.
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This Special Series was launched at AIDS 2016 in Durban and includes comments and comprehensive global reviews of HIV and related infections in prisoners.
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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.
