Human Rights

Researchers will examine the health and safety risks of forced labor on workers and their communities.

Oral health professionals can serve as frontline defenders in the global fight against human trafficking, equipped to identify victims through unique dental and facial signs of abuse.

For Women’s History Month, Health Policy and Management Department Chair Keshia Pollack Porter reflects on how women of color have consistently been a voice for equity and celebrates the progress that has been made for representation.

Women have long been integral to public health—though they haven’t always received recognition for their work. Today, they comprise 70% of the global health workforce. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating some of the women that have made the field of public health what it is today.

When COVID-19 hit, India's Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center forcibly discharged survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide pesticide factory gas leak disaster, compounding their suffering.