Archive: Oct 2021

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 201-211  |  PDF Sven Messing, Michael Krennerich, Karim Abu-Omar, Susanne Ferschl, and Peter Gelius Abstract Public awareness of the importance of physical activity has increased due to the many…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 173-186  |  PDF Sophia A. Zweig,* Alexander J. Zapf,* Chris Beyrer, Debarati Guha-Sapir, and Rohini J. Haar Abstract In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world have implemented…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 167-172  |  PDF Monica Gagnon, Rebecca Cheff, and Lisa Forman Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for reflection on universal health coverage. We look at the case of the province of…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 187-200  |  PDF Taylor W. Burkholder, Madeline Ross, Lily Vartanyan, and Harveen Bergquist Abstract National constitutions are important tools for the realization of the right to health, and…

Tamar Ezer and Denise Tomasini-Joshi The United States, with its inadequate social safety net and lack of community-based mental health resources, has come to rely on the criminal legal system to respond to mental health needs. “The mental health…

News UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on states to take bold actions to give prompt and real effect to the right to a healthy environment, following a UN Human Rights Council’s landmark decision to recognise a clean,…