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ICYMI: The full recording of The Vulnerability of Health Care in Conflict: Ukraine and Beyond event with speakers, Chris Beyrer and Len Rubenstein, along with Sergii Dvoriak, head of the board, founder, and senior scientist of the Ukrainian Institute for Public Health Policy; Mulugeta Gebregziabher, professor of biostatistics and vice chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina; and Ghutai Sadeq Yaqubi, acting technical director of USAID's Urban Health Initiative Project through Jhpiego in Afghanistan,

This hybrid event took place on April 13th at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The Vulnerability of Health Care in Conflict: Ukraine and Beyond During this hybrid event, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health experts Chris Beyrer and Len Rubenstein, along with Sergii Dvoriak, head of the boa...

Join us on 4/12 at noon ET for Part 2: Justice for Womxn & Girls of Centering the Voices of Formerly and Currently Incarcerated People & Leaders in the Movement series.

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"Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the universality of health and human rights," comment by the IAS - International AIDS Society - The Lancet Commission on Health & Human Rights.

"...Among his last public statements was a call to extend COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Africa, and for each of us to accept vaccination not only for our own protection, but also for the protection of others. As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and inequities in global access to vaccines, diagnostics, antivirals, oxygen, and personal protective equipment continue, we need to cherish and uphold Tutu's radical vision of inclusivity more than ever. Our shared humanity depends on it."

https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00121-0/fulltext

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the universality of health and human rights The UN adopted the Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid in November, 1973, making this systematised form of racial discrimination an international crime.1 The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the designation, with only Portugal, South Africa, the USA, and the UK...

In general, a boosted person with a breakthrough COVID-19 infection will experience less intense symptoms, is sick for a shorter period of time, is less likely to be hospitalized, and is less likely to pass on the virus to others, says Dr. Chris Beyrer, Founder and Director.

Yes, you should get a booster From preventing COVID-19 altogether to lessening symptoms and transmission with breakthrough infections, there are several good reasons to get an mRNA booster ASAP

Friends and Colleagues,

The world has lost a giant of peace and a peerless voice for the rights of all people to live in dignity. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was a man who made lasting peace. His vision, which led to the creation of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was a genuine advance for humanity. He never lost his vigorous spirit for human rights anywhere and everywhere. It was the honor of a lifetime when he accepted the Professorship in Public Health and Human Rights at Johns Hopkins to be named in his honor (and of course he cackled with laughter over the suggestion before accepting.) He not only fought the evil of the Apartheid system, but took on his church over the full ordination of women, and became a global champion for LGBTQ people everywhere. We send love and condolences to his beloved family, and we are profoundly grateful for the life and for the work of this extraordinary man who signed his texts and messages, simply, “Arch.”

Chris Beyrer, Desmond M. Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights