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United States

August 31, 2017 Q & A

Q&A: Life-Saving Drug that Reverses Overdoses
United States

August 31, 2017 News Release

Life-Saving Drug to Reverse Overdoses Should Come Over the Counter
Americas

August 10, 2017 Dispatches

Medicine Shortages in Venezuela: Dying in Agony

Courtney Tran
John Gardner Fellow, Health and Human Rights Division

Reports More Reports

July 12, 2017

Neglected and Unprotected

The Impact of the Zika Outbreak on Women and Girls in Northeastern Brazil
May 22, 2017

“No Control, No Choice”

Lack of Access to Reproductive Healthcare in Sudan’s Rebel-Held Southern Kordofan
May 15, 2017

“I Still Need You”

The Detention and Deportation of Californian Parents

News

August 2, 2017 News Release

Iran: Opposition Figures Denied Health Care
June 27, 2017 Dispatches

US Senate Health Care Bill a Swipe at Rural United States

Megan McLemore
Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights
June 19, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Morsy’s Isolation Violates Rights
June 14, 2017 Dispatches

A Flicker of Hope Out of Washington?

Andrea Prasow
Deputy Washington Director
May 25, 2017 News Release

US: Senate Should Scrap House Health Bill
May 22, 2017 Witness

Witness: Hoping for a Child Who Survives

Birgit Schwarz
Senior Press Officer
May 8, 2017 News Release

US: Detention Hazardous to Immigrants’ Health
May 8, 2017 Witness

Witness: A Needless Death in US Immigration Detention

Nazish Dholakia
Media Desk Officer
May 4, 2017 News Release

Health Care Act Would Harm Millions
May 2, 2017 Dispatches

Trump’s America Not So Great for People with Disabilities

Carlos Ríos Espinosa
Senior Researcher and Advocate, Disability Rights Division
April 27, 2017 News Release

US: Policy Failures Drive Preventable Overdose Deaths
April 11, 2017 News Release

US: New Threats to Women’s Health

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US-Made Bomb Kills Yemeni Children: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 22, 2017

US-made bomb kills Yemeni children; Missed opportunity for comprehensive justice in Iraq; Migrants drown off Libya; Uzbek and Afghan leaders talk rights at the UN; Factory tragedies in Bangladesh; Reporters talk about covering Rohingya crisis; Victims representation at the ICC; LGBT rights in Indonesia.