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Health Panel Discusses Zika Virus
The Global Health Justice Partnership convened a panel at Yale Law School on March 8, 2015 to discuss the recent outbreak of Zika virus and its impact on reproductive rights. The event was co-sponsored by groups across Yale University, including the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Disease at the Yale School of Public Health, Law Students for Reproductive Justice, Medical Students for Choice, Nursing Students for Choice, Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice, Program in the History of Science and Medicine, and Rights, Health, and Justice. The panel featured Dr. Albert Ko...
$3 Million Grant Given to Launch Health Data Initiative
The Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency (CRIT) at Yale University, a new initiative launching in July 2016, received a $3 million grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) to promote open access to high-quality data in health.
Study: Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Could Have Been Prevented
New research by scientists at Yale School of Public Health, in partnership with colleagues at the Yale Law School, has found that simple and inexpensive interventions—which the United Nations has yet to implement—would be effective in preventing future outbreaks of the cholera.
Yale–ACLU Report Questions Ebola Quarantines
A report released today examining the U.S. response to the 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic warns against politically motivated and scientifically unwarranted quarantines, which the report found violated individuals’ rights and hampered efforts to fight the disease by discouraging American doctors and nurses from going abroad.
MFIA Clinic Files Suit Seeking Access to Hepatitis C Drug Data
Treatment Action Group and the Global Health Justice Partnership have filed a federal lawsuit for access to the information that Gilead Sciences submitted to the FDA on two new—and extremely expensive—hepatitis C drugs, Sovaldi and Harvoni.
GHJP Report: Millions of People with Hepatitis C Blocked from Obtaining Treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale has released a report on ending the Hepatitis C epidemic. The report offers a comprehensive strategy for improving access to a new class of medicines for the disease, the directly acting antivirals (DAAs), in low-and middle-income countries and addressing these barriers.
Yale Law School to Hold Conference on First Amendment in the Shadow of Public Health
The Public Health in the Shadow of the First Amendment Conference will take place at Yale Law School on October 17 and 18.
Working Across Borders: The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership
It’s a cold day in December, and nearly two dozen student and post-graduate fellows from six of Yale University’s professional schools have gathered at the Law School for a colloquium lunch with faculty members to discuss the work of global health justice, an emerging discipline located at the intersection of law, public health, and policy advocacy. The event is part of the programming and coursework organized by the Yale Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP), a new collaborative effort between Yale Law School and the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH). The members of the group introduce...
Global Health Case Competition to Take Place Feb. 15
The second annual Yale Global Health Case Competition will take place on Saturday, February 15 from 9 - 4 pm. at the Yale School of Public Health.
New Clinic Report Calls for Reform of South Africa’s Compensation System for Mine Workers Suffering from Lung Disease
The 69-page report, Fulfilling Broken Promises: Reforming the Century-Old Compensation System for Occupational Lung Disease in the South African Mining Sector, analyzes the failures of the South African compensation system for mine workers with occupational lung disease.