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Justice Programs for Public Health

WEBJustice Programs for Public Health: A Good Practice Guide unpacks key lessons and challenges that Open Society and our partners have identified through this work. This …

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Health Financing

WEBExperts discuss how right-wing populist politics are shaping health care and more. Those most at risk need to be heard when decisions on health care funding are …

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Promoting Human Rights in Patient Care: Practitioner …

WEBLegal, ethical, and human rights norms are an increasingly important component of the delivery of quality medical care. However, the Open Society …

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New Social Enterprise Seeks to Expand Global Access to …

WEBNEW YORK/LONDON—A group of philanthropic funds and investors led by the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), with support from the Bill & Melinda …

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BUILDING NARRATIVE POWER

WEB1 Forward 3 Introduction 6 The Importance of Narrative Power in Racial Justice 10 How Narrative Strategies Impact and Advance Health Equity 14 Exploring the …

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The Global Problem of Forced Sterilization

WEBThe Global Problem of Forced Sterilization. October 3, 2011. By Lydia Guterman. Reproductive justice advocates scored a victory last month when the World Medical …

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What Is Harm Reduction

WEBHarm reduction refers to an approach to services and policy that protects the life, health, and dignity of people who use illegal drugs and their communities. Unlike approaches …

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Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever

WEBNow more than ever, law and human rights should occupy the center of the global HIV/AIDS struggle. This booklet, published by the Open Society Law and Health Initiative, …

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Medical Education in the Public Interest

WEB2 Medical Education in the Public Interest MISSION AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTION DURING ITS OPERATION from 2000 to 2003, the Soros Service Program for …

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Palliative Care as a Human Right: A Fact Sheet

WEBPalliative care is fundamental to health and human dignity and is a basic human right. Palliative care is highly effective in managing pain and physical symptoms …

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Understanding Sex Work in an Open Society

WEBThe Open Society Foundations support sex worker–led organizations and other advocates to advance the health and rights of sex workers. Our grantees work to …

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Our Approach to Mental Health Isn’t Working

WEBMental and physical well-being are inextricably linked—physical illness and pain can cause depression and anxiety, and conversely can mask underlying medical …

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The Global Politics of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Power

WEBIn The Global Politics of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Power, researcher and global advocate Ellen ’t Hoen explains how new global rules for pharmaceutical patenting impact access …

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The Global Fund at a Crossroads: Informing advocacy on …

WEB1 The Global Fund at a Crossroads: Informing advocacy on Global Fund efforts in human rights, support to middle-income countries, and access to medicines

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10 Lessons from HIV for the COVID-19 Response

WEBCommunities hit by HIV learned to think in terms of “safer” rather than safe, and to make choices that allowed people to continue activities essential to life—having sex, using …

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Why We Need Drug Policy Reform

WEBThrough grantmaking, advocacy and communications, research, and dialogue, the Open Society Foundations have supported reforms that promote public health, security, …

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"DRUGS AND THE DEATH PENALTY: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT …

WEBA conversation with Patrick Gallahue, Elizabeth Zitrin, and Faraz Sanei Moderator: Scott Bernstein Recorded October 7, 2015 ANNOUNCER: You are listening …

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Children’s Palliative Care and Human Rights

WEB“Palliative care for young children is an obligatory part of health-care services . . . [They] have the right to receive the necessary physical, social, psychosocial and

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2012 edition of Living Together

WEBBy 1 January 2012 the charter had been signed by 133 companies and organisations, exceeding the goal of 100. For 2012 the goal is 500 signatories and is …

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Why Reproductive Rights Matter in an Open Society

WEBFor this reason, reproductive rights are an essential component of an open society, without which women cannot enjoy full equality. In recent weeks the European …

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Mandatory PreMarital HiV testing

WEB04 MANDATORY PREMARITAL HIV TESTING: AN OVERVIEW recommendations GIVen THe neGaTIVe HuMan rIGHTs and PuBlIc HealTH …

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Women, Harm Reduction, and HIV

WEB6 Russia, St. Petersburg: Meylakhs N and Meylakhs P (2008). Women, Drug Use and Harm Reduction: A Study of the Case of Russia Based on the Example of St. …

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