Announcing:

Three new resources on health and human rights from the Open Society Institute and Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education.

J. Cohen, T. Ezer, P. McAdams, and M. Miloff (eds.), Health and Human Rights: A Resource Guide for the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network (475pp., with a preface by Aryeh Neier). New York and Montreal: Open Society Institute and Equitas, 2007.

This six-chapter Resource Guide provides a practical tool for advocates working at the intersection of health and human rights. It includes fact sheets, program descriptions, jurisprudence, case studies, bibliographies, and glossary definitions on six areas of health and human rights: patient care; HIV/AIDS; harm reduction; palliative care; sexual health; and minority health. It also contains thirteen foundational human rights documents containing health-related provisions. Prepared by OSI and Equitas staff for a 2007 global OSI meeting on health and human rights, the Guide has broader application for anyone dedicated to the pursuit of health and human rights.

To obtain a copy, please email:

Open Society Institute and Equitas, Equal Partners: Health and Human Rights 2007 - Workshop Manual (60pp.). New York and Montreal: Open Society Institute and Equitas, 2007.
Prepared for a 2007 global OSI meeting on health and human rights, this workshop manual contains four modules designed to build the capacity of public health and legal staff throughout the Soros Foundations Network to collaborate on health and human rights funding and advocacy. The modules include exercises such as: mapping issues at the intersection of health and human rights; analyzing regional and international health and human rights mechanisms; exploring controversial "hot topics" in health and human rights; and integrating health and human rights programming into foundation strategies.

To obtain a copy, please email:

R. J.F. Crgens with H. Choi, P. Deles, E. Jimenez, E. Liu, M. Smelyanskaya, A. Simonits, R. Thomas, and H. Toth. Equal Partners: Health and Human Rights 2007 - Workshop Blog. Online: http://equalpartners2007.blogspot.com/

This online blog summarizes the proceedings of a one-week global OSI meeting on health and human rights held in Cape Town, South Africa, from June 3-8, 2007. It contains daily updates and commentary, photographs, podcasts and webcasts of key workshop presentations, PDF links to poster presentations, and a summary agenda of the workshop. The blog is a key resource for any organization undertaking work on health and human rights.

this report has been taken from the CEE & FSU monthly newsletter (Vol.III. No.6. June 2007) http://www.hospice.hu/newsletter/

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