Reproductive Justice: What It Means and Why It Matters (Now, More Than Ever)
People may think reproductive justice is synonymous with reproductive rights, but the two are distinctly and philosophically different.
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Accelerating 21st Century Cures
Robert K. Coughlin of MassBio on why a new law, commonly referred to as 21st Century Cures, will have real and positive impact.
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Happy Holidays from PHP!
Thank you for reading Public Health Post. We’re excited about our plans for 2017, we’ll continue to highlight important public health issues, always with an eye to how we can advance the conversation.
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Understanding the US Maternal Mortality Problem
The U.S. has ranked behind most industrialized countries on maternal mortality for years, but stopped publishing an official maternal mortality ratio in 2007. It was this failure that was the impetus for our study.
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Judge not.
What difference has the Global Gag rule made in the lives of real women around the world?
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No HIV-Positive MSM in Screening
In part four of PHP’s series on LGBT health in Senegal, Association Prudence connects key populations to LGBT-friendly health services for testing and helps to refer HIV-positive MSM for treatment.
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You Are Where You Live
Geographical concepts are important for understanding not only what happened in Flint, but specifically where it happened and why it happened there.
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Campaigns Offer a Healthy Way Out for Senegalese MSM
In part three of PHP’s series on LGBT health in Senegal, an NGO assists Senegalese MSM via three education campaigns that emphasize sexual and reproductive health and harm reduction.
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The End of “The End of AIDS”
Two challenges remain to the “end of AIDS”: the lag between scientific discovery and on-the-ground implementation, and role of stigma in HIV transmission.
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ACA Politics: Lessons from Kentucky
Steven Beshear, former Governor of Kentucky, the state that most aggressively embraced and succeeded in implementing the Affordable Care Act as a core part of a holistic strategy to improve its collective health, suggests putting partisan fervor aside.
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