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Oral Health Professionals Positioned to Recognize, Help Trafficking Victims

March 27, 2024

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.

Human Rights

International Health

Global Health NOW

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The Humanitarian Health Effects of the Israel-Hamas War Among Civilians in Gaza

October 20, 2023

The growing humanitarian health crisis in Gaza is straining an already overwhelmed global system.

Epidemiology

Human Rights

International Health

Bloomberg School

World Mental Health Day: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right

October 10, 2023

How seven researchers are addressing mental health care as a human right.

Health Policy

Human Rights

Mental Health

Bloomberg School

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Dear Medical Schools: You Can Still Seek Diversity Without Affirmative Action

July 25, 2023

Medical schools have an ethical responsibility to produce a competent and diverse physician workforce, and there are many ways to achieve this beyond race-conscious admissions, writes Diamanta Panford-Ufere, an MPH candidate at BSPH.

Human Rights

Medicine

Global Health NOW

Activists hold a banner up before the start of the "Trans Youth Prom" outside of the US Capitol building on May 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty

LGBTQ Youth: Under Attack and Fighting Back

June 21, 2023

Human Rights

Child and Adolescent Health

Global Health NOW

Stand Up

April 19, 2023

Gilda A. Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering, shares the story of how she confronted racism in the classroom as a young girl.

Human Rights

Child and Adolescent Health

Global Health NOW

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 B. 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.