Archive: Oct 2019

Dainius Pūras – UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health Many of the problems in global health stem from power imbalances in the health workforce, and these can be traced back to medical education systems. There is an urgent need to overhaul…

PDF Liv Tønnessen and Samia Al-Nagar Abstract In Sudan’s Islamist state, abortion is politicized through its association with illegal pregnancy. Fornication is a crime against God punishable with 100 lashes, and pregnancy outside a marriage…

Dainius Pūras We cannot effectively prevent suicide by increasing the use of prescription medicines. Instead, we need to acknowledge that emotional pain frequently comes from social problems, including being a victim of violence, discrimination, or…

Fran Quigley Rhonda Cree has diabetes, significant vision loss, and high blood pressure, and relies on Medicaid to cover her prescriptions and other healthcare costs.  But Cree, 61 years old, lives in the town of Logansport in north-central…

PDF Caroline H. Voyles and Mariana Chilton Abstract The “gay propaganda law”—criminalizing public messaging supporting sexual and gender minority (SGM) communities in the presence of youth—implemented within Russia in 2013 has been widely…