Student Advocacy

Health and Human Rights Education

Introduction

Health providers are obligated not only to protect and care for individual patients but also to promote the basic rights to life and a healthy standard of living, grounded in dignity, for all. 

Incorporating a health and human rights framework in an academic setting promotes a rights-based culture in the health professions and helps students become better informed and more effective advocates.

The PHR Student Program has launched a new initiative, the Health and Human Rights Education Project (HHR Ed), which provides educational content and organizational resources to expand health professional education, and supports student and faculty efforts to incorporate a health and human rights paradigm into the academic work.

NEW and Exciting Opportunity for Learning!

PHR is partnering with the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) to provide health and human rights  educational content through UCB's web-based collaboration and learning environment, known informally as "bSpace."  Through bSpace, PHR chapter members can access syllabi, PowerPoints, discussion guides, and readings on health and human rights topics ranging from Human Rights Law and Governing Bodies to Medical Ethics in Armed Conflict.  In addition to this vast content, bSpace allows participants from PHR to join a community of fellow students and educators who are also working to include health and human rights at their schools.