Archive: 2013

Sridhar Venkatapuram, Ruth Bell, and Michael Marmot Health and Human Rights 12/2 Published December 2010 Abstract The article examines the convergences and contrasts between social epidemiology, social medicine, and human rights approaches toward…

Alicia Ely Yamin and Alec Irwin Health and Human Rights 12/2 Published December 2010 The first five issues of Health and Human Rights: An International Journal under Paul Farmer’s editorship addressed different dimensions of rights-based approaches to…

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…

MaryCatherine Arbour, Kara Murray, Felipe Arriet, Cecilia Moraga, Miguel Cordero Vega Abstract The earthquake of 2010 in Chile holds important lessons about how a rights-based public health system can guide disaster response to protect vulnerable…

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…

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…