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Defending the Right to Health: A Summer at Human Rights Watch Angelina Caruso Health Grand Challenges Initiative The Future of Global AIDS Treatment & The Social Determinants of Health Coordinated by Prof. João Biehl
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What is HRW?
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Some Impacts from 2010 United States HIV Ban Cambodian drug detention centers Segregation of HIV + prisoners in Mississippi Corporal punishment in Zambian prisons
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The Right to Health “The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.” -International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) – Article 12
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Minimum Requirements Ensure access to and equitable distribution of health facilitates, goods and services on a non-discriminatory basis Provide essential drugs, (defined under WHO Action Programme on Essential Drugs) Adopt and implement a national public health strategy and plan of action. -ICESCR General Comment No. 14: The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
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International AIDS Conference 2010
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Long Term Project: Transgender Health and Legal Rights
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Terms Transgender Transsexual Gender Identity Disorder (GIS) Gender (or Sex) Reassignment Surgery
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Legal Status in Europe European Union report findings Variations across the continent
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Transgender Rights in the Netherlands Problematic law Signs of progress
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Health and Human Rights: Solidifying the Connection
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