Open Society Foundations

We support health initiatives that are based on evidence and reflect the values of inclusion, human rights, and justice.

The Public Health Program works to strengthen the capacity of marginalized populations to advocate for better health policies and practices. We also push for greater government accountability in health care.

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Public Health Program

Featured Work

Publication

Advancing Human Rights in Patient Care: Practitioner Guides

by Leo Beletsky, Tamar Ezer, Jonathan Cohen

Report

Transforming Health: International Rights-Based Advocacy for Trans Health

Voices

A New Dawn for Pain Relief in Ukraine: Access to Oral Morphine

by Victoria Tymoshevska, Faith Mwangi-Powell
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Patients in Ukraine have long suffered from severe restrictions on pain medications. But a new Ukrainian policy promises some measure of relief, and a significant first step toward adequate care.

Report

The European Union and the Right to Community Living

by Camilla Parker, Luke Clements

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Making Laws Work for Patients

May 16, 2013 | by Tamar Ezer

Violations of human rights in health care are widespread in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. A series of how-to manuals offers lawyers, patients, and health officials tools for ensuring proper treatment and care for all.

Will Brazil Support Compulsory Drug Treatment?

May 15, 2013 | by Julita Lemgruber

If compulsory treatment of people with drug dependence has been condemned by jurists as unconstitutional and by health care professionals as a complete absurdity — why would the Brazilian government support such an approach?

Pretrial Detention: Jailed with no Trial, Condemned to Illness and Death

May 9, 2013 | by Daniel Wolfe | 2 comments

Condemning people to pain and illness while they wait for a trial isn’t justice, it’s cruelty. And it must stop.

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