PHM-Exch> Lancet.com: 70 years of human rights in global health

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Eric Friedman <Eric.Friedman at law.georgetown.edu>

Lawrence O. Gostin, Benjamin M. Meier, Rebekah Thomas, Veronica Magar,
Tedros A. Ghebreyesus, "70 years of human rights in global health: drawing
on a contentious past to secure a hopeful future." *Lancet*, published
online December 9, 2018
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)32997-0/fulltext
(open
access)

As the world marks the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights,
the World Health Organization's Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus, and the O'Neill Institute's Faculty Director, Lawrence Gostin
published an article in *the Lancet *on the history and future of human
rights and health.

They, and a distinguished team of global health experts, show the progress
the world has made regarding health and human rights as well as warn that
"rising challenges are placing at risk hard-won gains for human rights in
global health."

The article reviews the specific milestones made in the past 70 years; as
well as issues of discriminatory and punitive policies in place that deny
human rights to marginalized populations.
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