Archive: May 2016

Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Valerie J. Bradley, and Barbara J. Sahakian  Health and Human Rights 18/1 Published June 2016 Abstract The incidence of human rights violations in mental health care across nations has been described as a…

Khadija Sharife When it comes to health, data matter: it can tell us when, where, and how global health is affected, for better or worse. But not only is some important data hard to access, it is rarely analyzed in a way that can truly provide us with…

Anna R. Coates, Sandra del Pino Marchito, and Bernardino Vitoy Health and Human Rights 18/1 Published June 2016 Abstract Improving the health status of indigenous children is a long-standing challenge. Several United Nations committees have…

Sara L.M. Davis Now that members of the UN have adopted the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the next question is: how to pay for it all? The answers raise questions about aid eligibility, transparency and accountability. For SDG 3…

S. Katrina Perehudoff, Brigit Toebes, and Hans Hogerzeil Health and Human Rights 18/1 Published June 2016 Abstract A constitutional guarantee of access to essential medicines has been identified as an important indicator of government commitment…

Image Credit: James Gathany/CDC By Beatriz Galli and Christine Ricardo Like other mosquito-borne viruses, Zika thrives in areas with substandard sanitation and infrastructure—which are directly linked to state failures to ensure the basic human…