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10.16.15
Reflecting on Indigenous health disparities on Columbus Day
By Anna Roberts
This week we celebrated Columbus Day, when we mark the arrival of European culture to the shores of the ‘New World’. It can be easy to forget that there was nothing ‘new’ about these shores upon Columbus’s arrival. There were many existing cultures already present with their own religious beliefs, customs and ways of life. […]
Categories: Healthcare Human Rights
06.04.13
Bolivia’s Health at a Crossroad: USAID Is Expelled and Bolivia Launches Its Own Health Program
By Ana S. Ayala
Only days after the Bolivian Constitutional Court ruled that Evo Morales could run for a third consecutive term in 2014, on May 1, Morales announced USAID’s expulsion from Bolivian soil–another one of Morales’ efforts to decrease U.S. presence and influence in the country (he expelled the U.S. Ambassador and the Drug Enforcement Agency in 2008). […]
Categories: Global Health uncategorized
Tags: Bolivia contraceptives Cuba El Alto family planning health care health care services health equity health system indigenous international aid international assistance latin america marginalized communities maternal health maternal mortality Mi Salud Morales obesity poverty preventative care reproductive health rural sexual health USAID vulnerable population
10.13.11
The Long March for Life and Dignity: Can a lesson learned in Paraguay help protect Bolivian indigenous communities in the TIPNIS?
By Ana S. Ayala
On August 15, 2011, at least 1,000 members of indigenous communities living in the Bolivian Indigenous Territory of the National Park Isiboro-Sécure (TIPNIS) began their long and treacherous march on foot to the capital city of La Paz in hopes of engaging the Bolivian government in a peaceful dialogue to prevent the government from building […]
Categories: Global Health uncategorized
Tags: Amazon American Convention on Human Rights Bolivia Brazil children displacement Elizabeth Abi-Mershed environment food health services highway hospital human rights indigenous indigenous movements indigenous rights infectious diseases Inter-American Commission Inter-American Court Karla Quintana La Paz maternal healthcare maternal mortality Paraguay poverty Rebecca Cook state obligation territory TIPNIS vaccines water women Xakmok Kasek
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