2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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International health & human rights

Wednesday, November 4, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
The link between health and human rights is well know. This session will showcase presentations which will discuss the health challenges which arise due to abuse of human rights and mechanisms in place to protect human rights globally.
Session Objectives: List the health and human rights issues in international settings. Discuss initiatives that ensure health and human rights are protected in international health settings.
Moderator:
Amy Hagopian, PhD

8:30am
Mandatory HIV Testing for Foreign Nationals in the Republic of Korea: Human Rights Violations and Bad Public Health Policy   
Jessica Keralis, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
8:43am
Beijing Platform of Action A 20 year review of the progress and challenges in women's health in the context of their human rights   
Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, Amy Ansehl, DNP, FNP-BC and Diane E. Heck, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
8:56am
New humanitarianism, human rights and the contested meaning of the "political": Physicians for Human Rights - Israel as a case study   
Nadav Davidovitch, MD, MPH, PhD, Dani Filc, MD, PhD and Nora Gottlieb, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:09am
Gaza 2014-What did we learn?   
Charles W. Cange, PhD, MSc and Karen Kelly, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:22am
Can a malaria service delivery project improve gender equality?   
Elana Fiekowsky, MALD and Niyati Shah, MIPP
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Ethics, Peace Caucus, Vietnam Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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