Category Archives: OpenForum

Why the Global Fund Matters
February 3, 2012

Why the Global Fund Matters

Partners in Health co-founder and Health and Human Rights editor-in-chief Paul Farmer outlines the importance of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.

The Importance of Public Financing in Achieving Universal Health Coverage
January 27, 2012

The Importance of Public Financing in Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Health economist Rob Yates writes that if governments want to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage, they should concentrate on improving public financing mechanisms.

Ending Violence Against Women: A Public Health Imperative
December 16, 2011

Ending Violence Against Women: A Public Health Imperative

Human Rights Watch researcher Amanda Klasing underscores the public health imperative to end violence against women, noting that there are few instances in which the health and human rights of women and girls “intersect in such an immediate way as after violence.”

How Should Infectious Disease Be Governed to Promote Efficacy and Accountability?
November 8, 2011

How Should Infectious Disease Be Governed to Promote Efficacy and Accountability?

Evan Lieberman, associate professor of politics at Princeton University, asks who should be responsible for governing the threat of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in South Africa.

Book Brief: A Plague of Prisons
October 24, 2011

Book Brief: A Plague of Prisons

In A Plague of Prisons: The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in America, Ernest Drucker analyzes a pressing social issue through an epidemiologic lens.

Drug Users and the Legal Framework: The Failure of the War on Drugs and its Negative Impact in the Asia Region from a Community Perspective
October 17, 2011

Drug Users and the Legal Framework: The Failure of the War on Drugs and its Negative Impact in the Asia Region from a Community Perspective

Karyn Kaplan, policy and development director of Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group in Bangkok, addresses human rights violations and discriminatory laws that impede universal access to prevention and treatment for HIV.

Survey: Gender discrimination fuels malnutrition in Nepal’s women and children
October 5, 2011

Survey: Gender discrimination fuels malnutrition in Nepal’s women and children

A preliminary Nepal Demographic Health Survey finds that gender discrimination and neglect are fueling malnutrition in the isolated mid-western region of Nepal.

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