Archive: Tue Aug 2013

Recent health and human rights literature

Public health foundations: Concepts and practices Elena Andresen and Erin DeFries Bouldin, editors Jossey-Bass, 2010 ISBN 978–0–470–44587–7 (paperback) 520 pages $80 Based on an introductory course at the University of Florida College of Public Health…

Denial of flood aid to the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan

Atif M. Malik Health and Human Rights 13/1 Published June 2011 Abstract During the catastrophic floods of 2010 in Pakistan, approximately 500 internally displaced families belonging to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam were denied humanitarian relief. The…

Fanm ayisyen pap kase: Respecting the right to health of Haitian women and girls1 Lisa Davis and Blaine Bookey Abstract Only in recent years has violence against women begun to receive international attention as both a public health and human rights…

Abstract – Fanm ayisyen pap kase: Respecting the right to health of Haitian women and girls1 Lisa Davis and Blaine Bookey Abstract Only in recent years has violence against women begun to receive international attention as both a public health and…