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Sarah Kalloch on
December 8, 2009
Right now, in Uganda, the Parliament is considering an “Anti-Homosexuality” Bill that, if passed, would be one of the world’s most draconian laws against homosexuality — and a horrifying violation of human rights. Uganda, once the darling of international AIDS circles for its efforts to stop the pandemic, is now becoming a pariah for even considering this [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, east africa, eric goosby, hillary clinton, hon bahati, Uganda, us secretary of state, yoweri museveni
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Jonathan Hutson on
July 21, 2009
The Dasht-e-Leili mass grave case is garnering increased media attention, after more than seven years of investigation and advocacy by Physicians for Human Rights. A large part of the credit for the media coverage goes to early and significant coverage and analysis by blogs, many of whom are named below as part of this media [...]
Posted in Conflict, Custody, Forensic, General Human Rights, News Coverage
| Tagged abc news, abdul rashid dostum, agence france press, agnoist, amnesty international, anderson cooper, aol top news, associated press, balkinization, barack obama, BBC, bitch phd, boston globe, circling the lion's den, cnn, daily kos, dasht-e-leili, democracy now, east africa, firedoglake, forbes online, fox news, france 24 online, global post, google news, guardian online, hamid karzai, harper's magazine, huffington post, hullabaloo, inter press service, jake tapper, miami herald, msnbc online, new york times, new yorker, newsweek magazine, northern alliance, pajwhok afghan news, radio free europe, radio liberty, san francisco chronicle, thai news service, the hub, thom hartman, usa today online, voice of america, wall street journal, washington post, washington times online, witness
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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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Lissy Desantis on
March 11, 2009
In the past few years, health professional students across East Africa have become increasingly involved in health and human rights advocacy, coming together with peers and future colleagues, professors and the human rights community to demand policy and programming that protects and promotes the right to health.
In a few short weeks we’ll be bringing these [...]
Posted in AIDS, Events, Students
| Tagged action group for health, advocacy, agha, burundi, east africa, human rights and HIV/AIDS, kampala, kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, united states, universities
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Pat Daoust, MSN, RN on
February 24, 2009
I’m happy to share with you the newly released special Health Action AIDS edition of The Record, PHR’s print newsletter. It’s been a busy year for the HAA team, traveling throughout the country and across continents to mobilize health professionals in the global fight against AIDS. Please download the newsletter (PDF) to read about our [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health
| Tagged east africa, eric goosby, frank donaghue, funding, health action aids, helen potts, mexico city, newsletter, pangaea global aids foundation, pepfar reauthorization, the record
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