“Obamacare” legislation, supporters contended that the entire conception of human rights at the basis of democracy was at stake. Democracy itself, it was said, would fall if women could not have access to free contraception to be doled out by their employer’s health care plan. Those ...
At the Rabat summit conference in 1974, Jordan and the other members of the Arab League declared that the Palestinian Liberation Organization was the “sole legitimate representative of the [Arab] Palestinian people”, thereby relinquishing to that organization its role as representative of the West ...
Together with the World Health Organization, the World Bank administers the International Health Partnership (IHP+). IHP+ is a group of partners committed to improving the health of citizens in developing countries. Partners work together to put international principles for aid effectiveness and develo...
A few days ago, the CDC issued a health advisory for the H5N1 bird flu as it was detected in a Texas dairy farm worker [1]. His only symptom was conjunctivitis, or inflammation of the eye. As of today, human-to-human transmission has not occurred and thus H5N1 poses limited risk ...
To prevent future epidemics, a new international effort must boost West Africa’s scientific and public-health capacity, says Christian Bréchot. Nature 524, 7 ( 6 August 2015 ) Faith and science can find common ground Pope Francis has found a meeting place for those with extreme religious...
that homosexuality is both a choice and wrong, that gay marriage should be illegal, that birth control should not be covered under health care, that abortion is wrong and should be illegal, that stem cell research is unethical, that morality comes from the Bible, that Christian teachings from...
In 1982, Carter founded the Carter Center, a non-governmental and nonprofit organization designed to advance human rights and alleviate suffering. He worked with the World Health Organization to eradicate dracunculiasis, also called Guinea worm disease. The incidence decreased from 3.5 million cases in...
Last week’s Senate vote has now given Kennedy the authority to set our national public health policies. Over the years, Kennedy had become a very sharp critic of both the pharmaceutical and the food industries, so having him in control of the NIH, the CDC, and the FDA represented the ...
The only way for society to be structured, it’s been assumed, is in the form of growth-based consumer capitalism—a system in which corporate profits ultimately drive the decisions that affect the lives of everyone on the planet, the health of the living Earth, and the destiny of future ...
She co-founded Chime For Change with Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Gucci's Creative Director Frida Giannini – an organization dedicated to improving health services for women worldwide while promoting gender equality. Equally noteworthy is her work with UNICEF where she contributes towards ending ...