Archive: 2024

Rights-Based Approaches to HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE Nina Sun and Joseph J. Amon Participants All roundtable participants contributed to the Global Fund’s Breaking Down Barriers program progress assessment, which occurred in 20 countries in 2023. They are identified by their…

Roadblocks to Cancer Care in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Ru’a Rimawi, Bram Wispelwey, and Navid Madani PERSPECTIVE Introduction The occupied Palestinian territories, as referred to in international humanitarian law since 1967, comprise 6,220 square kilometers divided into three regions: the Gaza Strip…

US Election Teaching Resources on Human Rights and Health

To support classroom discussions on the global health implications of the 2024 US elections, the Consortium of Universities for Global Health has brought together: • Academic Articles—to provide students with background information on US efforts to…

Ecuador Court Forces Tax Changes to Comply with the Right to Health

VIEWPOINT Berenice Cerra and Daniel Dorado The Justice of Ecuador has released a decision declaring an executive decree that eliminated and decreased taxes on ultra-processed food products, tobacco, alcohol, guns, and plastics, unconstitutional.[1]…