141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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International health & human rights

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
This session will discuss the link between health and human rights and why this theme is central to improve the health staus of communities especially those who are marginalized.
Session Objectives: Define the relationship between health and human rights
Moderator:
Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS,CHES

8:30am
Nature of HIV stigma & discrimination in northern Thailand: Public health & human rights implications   
G. Pamela-Renée Crawford, MPhil, SM, MS, PhD, David D. Celentano, ScD, MHS, Nancy K. Roderer, MLS and Robert S. Lawrence, MD
8:50am
Re-Examining Bhopal: Health and human rights lessons from the world's worst industrial disaster   
Thomas Gassert, MD, MSc
9:10am
Birth registration, health and human rights in Tanzania: Parents' perspectives on barriers and benefits   
Summer Wood, MPH, MA

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: APHA-International Human Rights Committee, Medical Care, Socialist Caucus, Vietnam Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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