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Human Rights Headlines

Explore the latest public health research and insights about human rights.

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Oral health professionals can serve as frontline defenders in the global fight against human trafficking, equipped to identify victims through unique dental and facial signs of abuse.

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A Seat at Every Table

For Women’s History Month, Health Policy and Management Department Chair Keshia Pollack Porter reflects on how women of color have consistently been a voice for equity and celebrates the progress that has been made for representation.

Department of Health Policy and Management
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When COVID-19 hit, India's Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center forcibly discharged survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide pesticide factory gas leak disaster, compounding their suffering.

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Human Rights Faculty Experts

 Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of human rights? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Paul Spiegel
Distinguished Professor of the Practice
International Health

Paul Spiegel, MPH ’96, MD, is recognized for his research on preventing and responding to complex humanitarian emergencies and director of the Center for Humanitarian Health.

W. Courtland Robinson
Associate Professor
International Health

W. Courtland Robinson, PhD ’04, researches populations in migration, whether displaced by conflict or natural disaster, or in the context of migrant labor and human trafficking.