General news
Bahrain: health workers convicted to prison sentences
Thursday, 29 November 2012 21:13
On 21 November, 23 health professionals in Bahrain were sentenced to three months in prison on charges of illegally gathering during Arab spring protests in 2011. Five others were acquitted.
Health financing in the context of the right to health
Thursday, 29 November 2012 20:53
The Special Rapporteur's annual report to the UN General Assembly focuses on health financing in the context of the right to health. According to the Rapporteur, Anand Grover, full realization of the right to health is contingent upon the availability of adequate, equitable and sustainable financing for health, at both the domestic and international levels.
The right to family planning
Thursday, 29 November 2012 20:01
The UNFPA State of World Population Report 2012 focuses on people's human right to family planning. Due to lack of appropriate information and services, a large portion of the world's population cannot choose if and how many children they will have. Also, many women still die carrying their baby or giving birth.
Update IFHHRO online training manual
Thursday, 29 November 2012 18:51
In the past month, we have added new session plans and suggestions for training programmes to the IFHHRO online training manual Human Rights for Health Workers.
India: Patients' group manages to prevent patent on Hepatitis C drug
Thursday, 08 November 2012 10:23
In the beginning of November, the Bench of Intellectual Property Appellate Board in India set aside a product patent by Roche for Pegasys (a medicine used to treat Hepatitis C) on an appeal filed by a patients' group.
More Articles...
Page 7 of 46
Since February 2013, over 20 people held in custody in Guantanamo Bay have been in hunger strike. There are reports that the US has sent in doctors and nurses, who assist in forced feeding, a recogniced violation of human rights and a breach of medical ethics.
Or follow us on
