Health systems can too often violate basic rights. The Practitioner Guide Series offers practical, how-to manuals for advancing human rights in patient care.
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A new “universally designed” community home in Croatia offers residents with disabilities independence, instead of the confinement and subordination of institutions.
Report
This report profiles 16 projects from organizations across that world that confront barriers to adequate health and health care for trans people.
Open Society Voices
A New Beginning on Drug Policy
May 22, 2013A new report from the Organization of American States envisions possibilities for ending the war on drugs and introducing policies rooted in public health and human rights.
Making Laws Work for Patients
May 16, 2013Violations 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, 2013If 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?
Grantee Spotlight
Open Society People
Director, International Harm Reduction Development
Public Health Program, Open Society Foundations–New York
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