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The Public Health Program works closely with individual Soros foundations to implement policies and support local organizations. Find out more about Soros foundations.

OSI Launches Updated Health and Human Rights Website
August 2009
As the health and human rights movement continues to grow, the Open Society Institute has launched a new and improved online resource guide for practitioners and advocates.

About OSI and Law and Health
OSI’s Law and Health Initiative, part of the Public Health Program, supports efforts that ensure accountability in health policy and protect the health and human rights of society's most marginalized persons.

HIV and Human Rights in Southern Africa: Victories and Ongoing Challenges
OSI-New York
June 15, 2009
 AUDIO
Namibian lawyer and human rights activist Michaela Clayton speaks on HIV/AIDS and human rights issues in Southern Africa.

Training Course Held on Human Rights and HIV Challenges in East Africa
May 2009
The Law and Health Initiative and the Open Society Initiative for East Africa pioneered a two-week training course for East Africans on the linkages between law, human rights, and HIV/AIDS.

Women’s Inheritance Now! Network Launched in East and Southern Africa
May 2009
This May marked the official launch of the Legal Network for Women’s Inheritance and Property Rights in Eastern and Southern Africa, also known as Women’s Inheritance Now! (WIN).

African Civil Society Raises Concerns Over “Test and Treat” Model for HIV Elimination
April 2009
Representatives of 30 human rights and AIDS organizations met in Johannesburg to discuss a new HIV prevention model that could lead to coerced testing and human rights violations.

Ten Reasons to Oppose the Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission
December 1, 2008
This document co-produced by OSI and other leading human rights and HIV/AIDS organizations presents ten reasons why applying criminal law to HIV transmission is unjust and ineffective public policy.

Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever
This booklet, published by OSI's Law and Health Initiative, calls on world leaders to affirm that human rights for all are essential in the global response to HIV/AIDS.

Salzburg Seminar: Conducting Health and Human Rights Trainings
Salzburg, Austria
March 22, 2009
The International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations, in close cooperation with OSI’s Law and Health Initiative, held a five-day seminar on strengthening human rights trainings for medical professionals.

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