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PHR Opposes Proposed US Travel Restrictions for People with AIDS on Human Rights Grounds, Calls for Complete Lifting of US HIV "Travel Ban"
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) opposes proposed regulations developed by the Bush administration's Department of Homeland Security that would increase the obstacles for people living with HIV who seek to visit the United States.
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PHR Releases New Report on Maternal Mortality and the Right to Health in Peru
Peru's persistently high maternal mortality ratio, the second highest in South America, dramatically illustrates systemic inequities that ravage the overall society and in turn reflect systematic violations of human rights and vast disparities in the health care system, according to a new report released today in Lima, by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), in coordination with CARE-Peru.
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Mariane Pearl's New Book Features PHR and Dr. Julian Atim
Glamour magazine and powerHouse books have announced the release of In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl, with a foreword by Angelina Jolie. PHR's East African partner and 2006 Health and Human Rights Award winner, Dr. Julian Atim, is featured in the book.
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PHR Research on Food Insufficiency and AIDS Cited by the NIH and Council of Science Editors
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Council of Science Editors selected an article based on PHR's research on food insufficiency and AIDS in Botswana and Swaziland for presentation during a event announcing the publication of a special Global Theme Issue on poverty and human development.
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International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights Unveiled
Leading safe motherhood and human rights organisations from around the world convened at the Women Deliver Global Conference to announce a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at addressing maternal mortality as a human rights imperative.
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