Archive: 2012

By Ronald Pies, MD As a psychiatric physician for nearly thirty years, I am always surprised when I hear politicians claim that the U.S. health care system is “the best in the world.” To be sure, we are among the most advanced nations when it comes to…

A new UN study reveals that a girl aged 1-5 is 75% more likely to die than a boy in India, marking the world’s most extreme gender disparity concerning child mortality. Infant and child mortality has been on the decline in recent years, with a large…

The Health Rights of Women and Children Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, is pleased to announce application and scholarship information for the Course on Health Rights Litigation. This one-week intensive course…

In a February 1 New York Times op-ed, Partners in Health co-founder and Health and Human Rights editor-in-chief Paul Farmer outlines the importance of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. Read the op-ed here. Photo: By DFID – UK…

Richard Pierre Claude University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002 (paperback 2011) ISBN 978-0-8122-2192-3 280 pages $24.95 In Science in the Service of Human Rights, Richard Pierre Claude examines the complex, sometimes fraught relationship between scientific…

By Rob Yates Virtually all countries are trying to achieve universal health coverage, meaning that their populations use appropriate levels of care without experiencing financial hardship. Governments are likely to come under increasing pressure to…