•Health and Human Rights Journal

Below you can find a selection of peer revied articles grouped according to articles of general interest in health and human rights, articles specifically focusing on HIV/AIDS and human rights, and articles linking sexual and reproductive health and rights.

To access the article or abstract online, please click on article's name.


Health and Human Rights

Gruskin S and Raad Z 'Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? Moving Toward Assessment' PLoS Medicine, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1-3 (2010)

Gruskin S 'From Conception to Realization: A Human Right to Health (Letter to the Editor),' The Hastings Center Report, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 4-8 (2010)

Gruskin S and Ferguson L. 'Using Indicators to Determine the Contribution of Human Rights to Public Health Efforts,' Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 87, no. 9, pp. 714-719 (2009)

Gruskin S and Daniels N. ‘Justice and Human Rights: Priority Setting and Fair Deliberative Process,’ American Journal of Public Health, vol. 98, no. 9, pp. 1573-1577 (2008).

Sase E and Gruskin S. ‘Human Rights and Ethics in Infectious Disease Controls: Concept and Implementation in Japan,’ Japan Medical Association Journal, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 001-013 (2007).

Gruskin S, Mills EJ and Tarantola D. 'History, Principles, and Practice of Health and Human Rights,' The Lancet, vol. 370, pp. 449-455 (2007).

Gruskin S. 'Rights-Based Approaches to Health: Something for Everyone,' Health and Human Rights, vol. 9, no.2 (2006).

Gruskin S and Dickens B. ' Human Rights and Ethics in Public Health,' American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 11 (2006).

Tarantola D, Gruskin S, Brown T, and Fee E. ' Voices from the Past: Jonathan Mann: Founder of the Health and Human Rights Movement,' American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 11 (2006).

Gruskin S. 'Perspective: The Centrality of Human Rights,' November/December 2006 Health Affairs Blog (2006).

Cooper H, Moore L, Gruskin S, and Krieger N. ' The Impact of a Police Drug Crackdown on Drug Injectors' Ability to Practice Harm Reduction: A Qualitative Study,' Social Science and Medicine, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 673-84 (2005).

Gruskin S. ' What are Health and Human Rights?' The Lancet, vol.  363, no. 329 (2004).

Braveman P and Gruskin S. ' Poverty, Equity, Human Rights and Health,' Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 81, no. 7 (2003).


HIV/AIDS and Human Rights

Gruskin S, Ferguson L. ‘Government Regulation of Sex and Sexuality: In Their Own Words,’ Reproductive Health Matters, vol. 17, no. 34, pp. 108-118 (2009).

Gruskin S, Ferguson L, Peersman G, and Rugg D. ‘Human Rights in the Global Response to HIV: Findings from the 2008 UNGASS Reports,’ JAIDS vol. 52, suppl. 2, S104-S110 (2009).

Peersman G, Ferguson L, Torres MA, Smith S, and Gruskin S. ‘Increasing Civil Society Participation in the National HIV Response: The Role of UNGASS Reporting,’ JAIDS vol. 52, suppl. 2, S97-S103 (2009).

Nunn A, Fonseca EM, Bastos FI and Gruskin S. 'AIDS Treatment In Brazil: Impacts And Challenges,' Health Affairs vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1103-1113 (2009).

Nunn A, Fonseca Elize da and Gruskin S. ‘Changing Global Essential Medicines Norms to Improve Access to AIDS Treatment: Lessons from Brazil,’ Global Public Health, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 1-17 (2009).

Chigwedere P, Seage III G, Gruskin S, Lee TH and Essex M. ‘Estimating the Lost Benefits of Antiretroviral Drug Use in South Africa,’ JAIDS, vol. 49, no. 410-415 (2008).

Gruskin S and Tarantola D. ‘Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care: Assessing the Inclusion of Human Rights in International and National Strategic Plans,’ AIDS, vol. 22, suppl. 2, pp. 123-132 (2008).

Nunn A, Fonseca E, Bastos F, Gruskin S, and Salomon J. ‘Evolution of Antiretroviral Drug Costs in Brazil in the Context of Free and Universal Access to AIDS Treatment,’ PLOS Medicine, vol. 4, no.11 (2007).

Gruskin S, Ferguson L, and Bogecho D. 'Beyond the Numbers: Using Rights-Based Perspectives to Enhance Antiretroviral Treatment Scale-Up,' AIDS, vol. 21 (Suppl 5), pp. S13–S19 (2007).

Safreed-Harmon K, Siripong A, Kerr SJ, Gruskin S, Pancharoen C, and Ananworanich J.'Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Did Not Differ Between Thai Children with Biological and Those with Nonbiological Parents,' Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 669-70 (2007).

Tarantola D and Gruskin S. ' New Guidance on Recommended HIV Testing and Counselling,' The Lancet, vol. 370, no. 9583 (2007).

Gruskin S, Ferguson L, and O’Malley J. 'Ensuring Sexual and Reproductive Health for People Living with HIV: An Overview of Key Human Rights, Policy and Health Systems Issues,' Reproductive Health Matters, vol. 15 no. 29 (2007).

Miller CM, Gruskin S, Subramanian SV, and Heymann J. 'Emerging health disparities in Botswana: examining the situation of orphans during the AIDS epidemic,' Social Science & Medicine, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 2476-2486 (2007).

Gruskin S. 'Male Circumcision, In So Many Words,' Reproductive Health Matters, vol. 15 No. 29 (2007).

Miller C, Gruskin S, Subrarahman S, and Heymann J. ' Orphan Care in Botswana’s Households: Growing Responsibilities in the Absence of Adequate Support,' American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 8, pp. 1429-1435 (2006).


Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights

Landers S, Gruskin S. ‘Gender, Sex, and Sexuality--Same, Different or Equal,’ American Journal of Public Health, vol. 100, no. 3, pp. 397 (2010).

Gruskin S, Roseman MJ, and Ferguson L. 'Reproductive Health and HIV: Do International Human Rights Law and Policy Matter?,' The McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, vol. 3, no. 1 (2008).

Gruskin S, Firestone R, MacCarthy S and Ferguson L. ‘HIV and Pregnancy Intentions: Do Services Adequately Respond to Women’s Needs?’ American Journal of Public Health, vol. 98, no. 10, pp. 1746-1750 (2008).

Gruskin S, Cottingham J, Roseman MJ, Martin Hilber A, Lincetto O and Kismodi E. ‘Using Human Rights to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Health: History, Connections and A Proposed Practical Approach,’ Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 86, no. 8 , pp. 589-593 (2008).

Gruskin S, Ferguson L, and Ahmed S. ‘Provider Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling in Health Facilities – What Does this Mean for the Human Rights of Pregnant Women?,’ Developing World Bioethics, vol. 8, no. 1 (2007).

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Health and Human Rights was first published in 1994 by the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. Founding Editor Jonathan Mann served as editor-in-chief through 1997. Sofia Gruskin served as associate editor in this period and then from 1997 through the end of 2006 as editor-in-chief. The Journal has been widely recognized as the intellectual cornerstone of the health and human rights field. Experts from around the world have contributed outstanding articles and commentaries on a variety of topics. Of particular note have been the thematic issues which provide special focus on assorted topics.

Special Focus Topics include:

Vol. 1, No. 4 : Women's Health and Human Rights
Vol. 2, No. 1 : Human Rights and Health Professionals
Vol. 2, No. 3 : 2nd International Conference on Health and Human Rights
Vol. 2, No. 4 : HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, Part I: The Roots of Vulnerability
Vol. 3, No. 1 : HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, Part II: Uprooting Vulnerability
Vol. 3, No. 2 : Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Vol. 4, No. 2 : Reproductive and Sexual Rights
Vol. 5, No. 2 : Children's Health and Children's Rights
Vol. 6, No. 2 : Violence, Health, and Human Rights
Vol. 7, No. 2 : Sexuality, Human Rights, and Health
Vol. 8, No. 2 : Emerging Issues in HIV/AIDS
Vol. 9, No. 2 : Rights-Based Approaches to Health

The full text of all back issues in the period when Sofia Gruskin served as editor can now be found on the Health and Human Rights Journal website.

Health and Human Rights is published in English, with abstracts translated into French and Spanish.

Transforming Health Systems: Gender and Rights in Reproductive Health (2001)
World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research Family and Community Health

The result of four-year testing and adaptation process involving strong collaboration with the Program on International Health and Human Rights and other institutions in different parts of the world. This publication contains six core modules covering gender and ethical issues in research policy and how to influence change, and health systems. The modules constitute a training resource for health trainers to use with health managers, planners, policy-makers and others with responsibilities in sexual and reproductive health.

[English] [Spanish] [Russian]

CD-ROM available (free of charge)

Content (Download individual chapters)
Module 1: Gender
Module 2: Social determinants
Module 3: Rights
Module 4: Evidence
Module 5: Policy
Module 6: Health systems
Closing module
Annexes


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Teaching Only Abstinence: Consequences for Girls and Society
Sex, Lies & Stereotypes, is a report based upon recommendations arising from an expert roundtable held at Harvard Law School in September 2006. The roundtable "Teaching Only Abstinence: Consequences for Girls and Society" was organized by the author of the report, Julie F. Kay, senior staff attorney in Legal Momentum's Sexuality and Family Rights Program, in partnership with the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program and the Program on International Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health.


Health and Human Rights in Academic Settings
PIHHR, in collaboration with The University of New South Wales' Initiative for Health and Human Rights, hosted a one-day meeting titled, "Health and Human Rights in Academic Settings" bringing together Health and Human Rights Educators from all over the world.


Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS Meeting: Bringing Together Research, Policy, Programming and Advocacy
Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS Meeting: Bringing Together Research, Policy, Programming and Advocacy meeting report. This meeting was jointly convened in August 2006 by PIHHR and the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutger's University.


UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights
The UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights is an independent, advisory body, established in 2002 to advise the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on all matters relating to HIV and human rights. PIHHR Director Sofia Gruskin served as Chair of the Group from its inception until 2006, with PIHHR serving as the Secretariat during this time. Prof. Gruskin remains a member of the Reference Group today.

For individual meeting reports see below:
First Meeting (23-24 January 2003)
Second Meeting (25-27 August 2003)
Third Meeting (28-30 January 2004)
Fourth Meeting (23-25 August 2004)
Fifth Meeting (24-26 August 2005) [NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE]
Sixth Meeting (18-20 April 2006) [NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE]
Seventh Meeting (12-14 February 2007)


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Where are the sexual and reproductive health and rights of HIV-positive women on the global health agenda?
Prof. Gruskin and Sarah MacCarthy, a doctoral candidate working with PIHHR, contributed to the Global Health blog expressing concern that, despite renewed interest in maternal and infant health at the global level, the specific needs and rights of HIV-positive women before, during, and after pregnancy are largely being left out of the discussion. This follows work begun at the conference hosted by the PIHHR, entitled: "The Pregnancy Intentions of HIV-Positive Women: Forwarding the Research Agenda."

Group raises awareness of forced sterilization among HIV positive women
Prof. Gruskin, director of the Program on International Health and Human Rights (PIHHR) and Faculty Chair of the Group on Reproductive Health and Rights (GRHR), and Sarah MacCarthy, a doctoral candidate working at the PIHHR and coordinating the GRHR, contributed to the Science Speaks: HIV & TB blog following the conference hosted by the PIHHR, entitled: "The Pregnancy Intentions of HIV-Positive Women: Forwarding the Research Agenda." They highlight the critical need to promote and protect HIV-positive women's reproductive and sexual rights, in order to stop forced sterilizations of HIV-positive women from happening, but also in relation to desired pregnancy, childbearing and abortion.

Neglected Realities: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Abortion in the Context of HIV
Prof. Gruskin and Sarah MacCarthy, a doctoral candidate working at PIHHR, contributed to the RH Reality Check blog following the conference hosted by the PIHHR, entitled: "The Pregnancy Intentions of HIV-Positive Women: Forwarding the Research Agenda." They advocate for a stronger evidence base to promote and protect the reproductive and sexual rights of women living with HIV.


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