The Health and Human Rights Caucus at Boston University

The Health and Human Rights Caucus at Boston University The HHRC at BUSPH is a student organization dedicated to exploring and supporting health and human rights concerns through education and action

The Health and Human Rights Caucus at the Boston University School of Public Health is a student-led organization that dedicates its efforts to exploring and supporting health and human rights concerns through education, collaboration, and action in the local, national, and global milieu. Students in the HHRC work together to identify, discuss, and help raise awareness of human rights issues in ou

r community and world. The HHRC is a very hands-on and interactive group; each semester its members choose from among the important issues of the day, and focus their energy on those they feel are most deserving of exploration, understanding, action, and aid. Official Mission Statement

'The Health and Human Rights Caucus is dedicated to promoting interest and facilitating discussion about human rights’ effect on health. Through events, special talks, and group discussions, HHRC hopes to facilitate engagement with global human rights, and define what a human right is and what a human right should be, and also how these pertain to public health. HHRC is non-religious, non-political, and open to anyone who is interested in human rights and how they affect health around the world.'

04/19/2017

Many vulnerable students are not able to access health care due to transportation or financial barriers. School-based health centers, while not yet widely implemented, have positive influences on both health and education outcomes.

04/13/2017

Despite the stark divide on ideology, the majority of people surveyed believe government should play a prominent role in health.

04/11/2017

What is the role of the artist activist in public health? Marian Brown describes her performance piece adDRESSing health: 7 dresses, 7 days a week, 52 weeks, 365 days a year.

03/29/2017

There are now four million more refugees worldwide. In the face of the worst refugee and displaced persons crisis in history, powerful and wealthy nations of the world have an undeniable obligation to confront this massive pandemic.

03/17/2017

Facing a dramatic upswing in overdoses and deaths related to he**in and prescription opioid painkillers, the Arlington Police Department hired a...

03/08/2017

As the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. states consider policies governing transgender rights, there is a need for representative data on transgender...

03/07/2017

14 million doctors' appointments are provided each year by physicians from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — the six countries targeted by the recent Executive Order. They are spread out across America, providing vital services throughout the Rust Belt and Appalachia, especially in Ohio...

03/07/2017

Microaggressions are subtle, insidious, and often nearly constant in the experience of individuals belonging to marginalized identity groups.

03/04/2017

Dr. Trish Scanlan shares her story of surviving breast cancer not once, but twice, while working with children with late-stage cancer in Tanzania.

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02/06/2017

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Four maps show the reduction in the percentage of population without health insurance from 2013 to 2016 under the ACA.

02/03/2017

Physicians for Human Rights, an organization that for decades has documented war crimes and atrocities, will be awarded the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights, UConn said Thursday.

Unacceptable.
01/27/2017

Unacceptable.

We speak with Vincent Warren, the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, about the powers of the president.

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