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April 29, 2019 Dispatches

Acknowledging the Plight of Pain Patients in the US

CDC Clarifies its Opioid Prescription Guideline

Maria Higginbotham’s medication bottles, including hydromorphone, an opioid she uses for breakthrough pain.
March 29, 2019 Dispatches

Zimbabwe Should Investigate Allegations of Aid Abuse

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March 15, 2019 Dispatches

In US, Oregon Tables Forced Opioid Reductions Vote – For Now

Denying Patients Pain Medication Won’t Solve Opioid Crisis

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March 5, 2019 Letter

60 Minutes Fails to Represent Pain Patient Perspective

By Laura Mills, Kate M. Nicholson, and Lindsay Baran

Maria Higginbotham, 57, holding screws and bolts removed from her back in a recent surgery above x-rays of her body.
February 11, 2019 Dispatches

US Department of Justice’s Misguided Move to Block Safe Injection Site

DOJ Lawsuit Against Philadelphia Clinic Runs Counter to Public Health Goals

Discarded syringes in an open-air heroin market that has thrived for decades, slated for cleanup along train tracks a few miles outside the heart of Philadelphia
February 8, 2019 Commentary

Dementia and Caregiving in the US: Time for Paid Family Leave

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February 7, 2019 Dispatches

Regulator of US Nursing Homes Called to Account Over “Crisis” of Overmedication

Chair of Congressional Committee Calls for End to Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotic Drugs

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February 4, 2019 News Release

Cambodia: Acid Attack Survivors Denied Treatment, Justice

Government Fails to Enforce 2012 Law

Chantheoun, the victim of an acid attack in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in September 1997.
February 4, 2019 Dispatches

In the US, the Right to Health is in Peril

State of the Union is Poor for Millions Due to Trump’s Health Policies

Protesters rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. during US House voting on the American Health Care Act, which would repeal major parts of the 2000 Affordable Care Act know as Obamacare, May 4, 2017.
February 2, 2019 News Release

Philippines: Congress Aims to Lock Up More Children

Lowering Age of Criminal Responsibility Would Impede Rehabilitation

In this photo taken last year in Manila, children are detained in a Bahay Pagasa detention center, the same type of facility the Philippine government plans to use  under a proposed new law that would lower the age of criminal responsibility. (c) 2018 Car
January 23, 2019 News Release

Pakistan: Garment Workers’ Rights at Risk

Enforce Labor Laws, End Poor Working Conditions

Garment workers making shirts at a factory in Karachi, Pakistan, February 2015.
January 17, 2019 News Release

Yemen: Civilians Bombed, Shelled, Starved

War Crimes by Saudi-Led Coalition, Houthis Go Unaddressed

People are seen near a bus destroyed by an airstrike that killed dozens of children, in a photograph taken on August 12, 2018 in Saada, Yemen.
January 17, 2019 News Release

Malaysia: Human Rights Make Major Gains

New Government Faces Challenges in Carrying Out Reforms

Attendees hold up smartphones and wave Malaysian national flags and People's Justice Party flags at a Pakatan Harapan alliance event in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, on Wednesday, May 16, 2018.
January 17, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Inadequate Efforts to Curb Intolerance

Religious, Gender Minorities Face Persistent Harassment

People take part in the 2018 Women's March rally in Jakarta on March 3, 2018. The participants were demonstrating for equal rights and an end to violence against women.
January 17, 2019 News Release

China: Xi Doubles Down on Repression

Mass Detention in Xinjiang, Prosecution of Peaceful Expression

Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech for the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up at The Great Hall Of The People on December 18, 2018 in Beijing, China.

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