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Hope O'Brien on
May 18, 2010
The New York Coalition Against Torture (NYCAT) — a group of concerned doctors, psychologists, lawyers, students and citizens — was formed in response to the shocking human rights abuses and gross violations of health professional ethics that have taken place during the “war on terror.” The well-documented participation of doctors, psychologists and other health care [...]
Posted in Students, Take Action, Torture
| Tagged center for constitutional rights, ethics, Gottfried-Duane Anti-Torture Bill, health professionals, New York Coalition Against Torture, nycat, petition, Students, The Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, Torture
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Sarah Kalloch on
March 10, 2010
We’re just a month away from World Health Day (April 7th) and the official launch of advocacy for the Global HEALTH Act of 2010. So far this month, through this blog you’ve learned about the Global HEALTH Act and gotten some great facts about the health workforce crisis (and how many people are waiting in line [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health, Lessons from Kenya, Students, Video, Women
| Tagged africa, fred katumba, Global HEALTH Act, Health Rights Advocacy Forum, health workforce, Jane Byarugaba, kenya, powerpoint, resources, Uganda, Video, World Health Day
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Danielle Fox on
November 17, 2009
With an innovative approach and new format to this year’s annual PHR National Conference, you may have a few questions about what to expect and how to attend. Below, we’ve answered some “Frequently Asked Questions” about this year’s conference, Health and Human Rights Education in 2010, being held on February 20 at Boston University School [...]
Posted in Events, General Human Rights, Students
| Tagged boston, faculty, health and human rights education, national conference
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By
Pete Witzler on
July 8, 2009
Every 9.5 minutes there is one new HIV infection in the US and forty-five new infections worldwide. This is unacceptable.
Earlier today, I joined a group of medical students, health professionals and other concerned citizens to rally for increased funding for HIV/AIDS programs in the US and around the world.
1-2-3-4, AIDS funding, we want more
we chanted [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Students, Take Action
| Tagged barack obama, funding, harry reid, massachusetts, nancy pelosi, PEPFAR, senate appropriations committee, speaker of the house, Uganda
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Emily Bancroft on
April 12, 2009
Last week, over 80 health professional students from Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi and the United States gathered together in Kampala for the first East African Health and Human Rights Student Leadership Institute, sponsored by PHR and our local partner, the Action Group for Health, Human Rights, and HIV/AIDS (AGHA). This three-day event was the culmination [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Students
| Tagged advocacy, agha, east africa health and human rights leadership institute, HAA, HIV/AIDS, PHR, Students, Uganda
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By
Neil Chawla on
April 3, 2009
Is healthcare a right? What is a human right? Why is this important in Africa? Wednesday was spent meeting people who offered different perspectives on these questions and elucidated new ideas for progress in Uganda.
This is a country rife with the denial of basic rights. From a lack of educational opportunities [...]
Posted in General Human Rights, Health, Students
| Tagged africa, east africa health and human rights leadership institute, global fund, lord's resistance army, lra, malaria, TB, udhr, Uganda, universal declaration of human rights
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Mona Singh on
April 3, 2009
What an amazing day Wednesday was!
We began by visiting Sandra Kiapi at the office of Action Group for Health, Human Rights, and HIV/AIDS (AGHA). AGHA is a NGO that was founded in 2003. They have several advocacy campaigns and community-based research projects that tackle human rights issues as they relate to health, with a specific [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Students
| Tagged action group for health human rights and hiv/aids, agha, congo, east africa health and human rights leadership institute, enough project, global fund, invisible children, joint clinical research center, lra, PEPFAR, peter mugyenyi, sandra kiapi, sehc, stop stock-outs campaign, students for equity in health care, Uganda, uganda human rights commission, uganda rising, uhrc
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Neil Chawla on
April 2, 2009
We were on the road for quite a while on Tuesday.
Lyantonde is a rural district about three or four hours driving distance southwest from Kampala. Looking out the window, I caught a glimpse of what life for ordinary Africans might be like.
I don’t really know what I expected; all of the [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Students
| Tagged arvs, community health workers, east africa health and human rights leadership institute, fred katumba, kampala, lyantonde, lyantonde district hospital, sex workers, stds, Uganda
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Neil Chawla on
April 1, 2009
Hello from Kampala!
My name is Neil, and I am a second-year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine. I have been incredibly lucky to have the chance to travel to Uganda with a group of PHR leaders and other students. We’re here to be part of the East African Health and Human Rights Conference, [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Students
| Tagged east africa, east africa health and human rights leadership institute, kampala, keck school of medicine, kenya, matatu, ministry of health, mulago hospital, right to health, Rwanda, sehc, students for equity in health care, Uganda
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Mona Singh on
April 1, 2009
Hey Everyone! My name is Mona Singh, and I’m a first year med student at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, actively engaged in my school’s PHR chapter. As a student advocate for PHR’s Health Action AIDS Campaign, I am excited to be writing to you from Kampala, Uganda. I am here with two other [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Students, Women
| Tagged action group for health human rights and aids, agha, burundi, east africa, east africa health and human rights leadership institute, justin list, kampala, kenya, loyola, mulago hospital, neil chawla, pubmed, Rwanda, sehc, students for equity in health care, TB, Uganda, virginia commonwealth university school of medicine
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