<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Eric Friedman</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Eric.Friedman@law.georgetown.edu">Eric.Friedman@law.georgetown.edu</a>></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:107%">Lawrence
O. Gostin, Benjamin M. Meier, Rebekah Thomas, Veronica Magar, Tedros A.
Ghebreyesus, "</span>70 years of human rights in global health: drawing on a contentious past to secure a hopeful future." <i>Lancet</i>, published online December 9, 2018</font><br></font></div><div><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)32997-0/fulltext" target="_blank"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)32997-0/fulltext</font></a> (open access)</div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">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 <i>the Lancet </i></font><font color="#000000">on the history and future of human rights and health.</font></font><br><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">
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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."<br>
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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.</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">
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