Discovering Innovative Solutions To the Most Pressing Health Concerns Facing The World
09.17.19
With: Lawrence Gostin Source: The New York Times Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/17/upshot/child-mortality.html
09.09.19
During the 74th United Nations General Assembly, there will be the launch event for the UHC Legal Solutions Network, a new collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Georgetown University, supporting national policymakers in […]
09.04.19
We often look to how the Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) would empower people, enhancing meaningful participation and government accountability to the right to health, with an emphasis on people who now have the least voice and to whom governments are least accountable. Such empowerment is central to the FCGH. Here, I focus on […]
08.14.19
With: Matthew Kavanagh Source: The Los Angeles Times Link: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-08-14/fda-approves-tuberculosis-drug
08.12.19
By Laura Norato
The discussion about digital rights has been mainly centered on civil and political rights. Nevertheless, the emergence of social networks, communication platforms and connected devices, the appearance of new technologies and digital services directed to the most vulnerable populations information, and the existence of daily-updated algorithms that can predict choices based on data collected over […]
08.09.19
With: Lawrence Gostin Source: WMRA Link: https://www.wmra.org/post/american-no-medical-training-ran-center-malnourished-ugandan-kids-105-died#stream/0
07.26.19
World Hepatitis Day is July 28th, and this year we highlight the recent surge in Hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreaks across the United States. HAV is a vaccine-preventable viral infection of the liver transmitted through the consumption of tiny amounts of feces or through contact with an effected person. HAV can cause mild to severe […]
07.17.19
With: Lawrence Gostin Source: NPR Link: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/17/742819027/who-says-ebola-is-now-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern
07.17.19
With: Lawrence Gostin Source: Science Link: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/world-health-organization-declares-ebola-outbreak-international-emergency
07.17.19
The following is a statement by Faculty Director, Lawrence Gostin, on the WHO’s Emergency Committee’s Review of the Ebola Epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo. July 17, 2019 | Today Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus re-convened the Emergency Committee (EC) on the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the fourth time, barely […]
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