In doing so, we invite informed action to realize the full spectrum of human rights. June 10, 2024 — An editorial co-authored by Joe Amon, PhD, MSPH, Director of Global Health, introduces a special ...

One of the most important intellectual strands in public health over the last century has been the development of a health and human rights approach. This approach reflects the understanding that ...

The decision brings Vietnam’s health policy in line with global health and human rights standards. Vietnam’s new directive states that “the American Psychiatric Association and the World ...

Along with efforts to prioritize mental health support ... and uses its platforms to amplify UNICEF’s global work in support of child and human rights — on Human Rights Day and every day ...

Turning my own lived experience into advocacy is what motivated me to participate in the UN’s global annual disability rights ...

In its annual report, Amnesty International says that the global system of rule-based human rights is in danger.According to the UK-based human rights organization Amnesty International ...

State preemption is a legal doctrine that lets higher government levels, such as state legislatures, restrict or invalidate ...

Amnesty International has warned of the deteriorating global human rights crisis as the ‘Trump effect’ accelerates destructive trends. The annual report entitled 'The State of the World’s ...

director of the Jonathan Mann Global Health and Human Rights Initiative, and clinical teaching professor in the Department of Community Health and Prevention. He is also the editor-in-chief of the ...

With 80,000 employees and a $1.8 trillion budget, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS ... spending $1.6 billion on global health in 2024, according to Jennifer Kates, director ...

Kennedy Jr. to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services sent a shudder through the global health community. If confirmed as HHS secretary, Kennedy will hold considerable sway over US ...

Multiple studies are now finding these chemicals, along with microplastics, throughout the human body, raising alarm among scientists about widespread health ... to limit global plastic production.