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About the Public Health Program
The Open Society Public Health Program works to create health-related policies and practices based on inclusion, human rights, justice, and evidence. The program consists of 10 core projects and initiatives and is primarily active in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Southern and Eastern Africa, Southeast Asia, and China.
Africa Should Be Wary of U.S. Propaganda on Intellectual Property
Brett Davidson
February 3, 2012
 BLOG
The United States is telling African leaders that adopting stringent intellectual property policies will promote African growth through innovation. In reality, Africa has far more to lose from stricter intellectual property regulation, especially when it comes to access to generic medicines and educational resources.
They Go to Die: An Interview with Jonathan Smith
Brett Davidson
February 1, 2012
BLOG
Epidemiologist Jonathan Smith is working on a documentary film about the lives of four mineworkers who were dismissed from their jobs and sent home after contracting tuberculosis in the South African gold mines.
Why Are Doctors Still Performing Genital Surgery on Infants?
Lydia Guterman
January 30, 2012
BLOG
Medical studies show that performing genital reshaping surgery on intersex children at birth or soon after usually causes psychological damage to patients. Yet this remains the standard of care in most countries, despite protests from patient advocates.
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Salzburg Seminar: Palliative Care for Patients with TB or HIV/TB
Salzburg, Austria
February 26, 2012
The International Palliative Care Initiative of the Open Society Public Health Program will convene a professional seminar focused on providing palliative care for patients with TB or HIV/TB coinfection. The course is recommended for physicians in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union who provide direct care to patients with TB or who play a major role in developing public health policies for the care of patients with TB.
Sanctioned Cruelty: Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture
OSI-New York
December 7, 2011
As part of the Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Open Society Foundations will host a special screening of the Center’s new short documentary, Sanctioned Cruelty: Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture.
Book Launch: Ernest Drucker's A Plague of Prisons
OSI-New York
October 11, 2011
 AUDIO
On October 11, Open Society Foundations fellow Ernest Drucker discusses his new book, A Plague of Prisons, a groundbreaking critique of mass incarceration in the United States and elsewhere.
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A Community for All: Implementing Article 19
The Community for All guide and checklist offers a detailed look at the rights identified in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, especially Article 19 which provides for the right to live independently and be included in the community.
Sterilization of Women and Girls with Disabilities
November 2011
This briefing paper produced as part of the Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care outlines various international human rights standards that prohibit forced sterilization of women and girls with disabilities. It also offers several recommendations for improving laws, policies, and professional guidelines governing sterilization practices.
Roma Health Mediators: Successes and Challenges
October 2011
This report by the Open Society Public Health Program provides recommendations for strengthening Roma Health Mediator programs in Central and Eastern Europe. Mediators have made great strides in addressing the poor health conditions found in Roma settlements, but many challenges remain.
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