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Pretrial Detention and Health: Unintended Consequences, Deadly Results
November 6, 2011
Overcrowded, unsanitary prisons and holding facilities can become breeding grounds for tuberculosis, hepatitis C, HIV and other illnesses. This report, aimed at health professionals, looks at the sometimes disasterous health impacts of the excessive use of pretrial detention.
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.
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What You Can’t Say Might Hurt You
Heather Doyle
February 10, 2012
BLOG
Federal courts have repeatedly invalidated the U.S.'s anti-prostitution pledge. Now the Obama administration must decide whether to appeal to the Supreme Court or finally retire this harmful policy.
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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What You Can’t Say Might Hurt You
Heather Doyle
February 10, 2012
BLOG
Federal courts have repeatedly invalidated the U.S.'s anti-prostitution pledge. Now the Obama administration must decide whether to appeal to the Supreme Court or finally retire this harmful policy.
In Times of Austerity, a Threat to Portugal’s Drug Policies
Alexandra Kirby-Lepesh
February 10, 2012
BLOG
Fiscal austerity measures could threaten the future of Portugal's exemplary harm reduction services. But short-term cost-saving measures could prove costly further down the line.
No Trade-Offs on Access to Medicines
Els Torreele
February 7, 2012
BLOG
As India and the EU negotiate a Free Trade Agreement, it will be critical for India to resist measures that favor the business interests of pharmaceutical companies over the lives of millions of people in developing countries who depend on India's supply of cheap generic medicines.
Communicating the Cause: NGOs and Social Media in Uganda
Ssozi Javie
February 7, 2012
BLOG
Despite limited access to technology and poor connectivity, Facebook and Twitter have emerged as popular spaces for civil society groups in Uganda. Activists need to learn how to adapt these tools to their own needs, or they risk being left in the dark.
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Call for Applications: 2012 Baltimore Community Fellows
Deadline: March 12, 2012
OSI-Baltimore is pleased to announce a call for 2012 Baltimore Community Fellows. In addition to the ten slots that are available for the Baltimore Community Fellowships, we are pleased to announce two additional fellowships. These new fellowships, sponsored by the Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, will support individuals working with black men and boys in the areas of education, family, and work.
Call for Applications: Human Rights and Drug Policy Summer Course
Deadline: February 15, 2012
Applications are invited from high-achieving MA and PhD students, junior faculty, research staff in universities and other institutions and professionals.
Christopher Stone to Lead Open Society Foundations in 2012
December 7, 2011
The Open Society Foundations today announced the appointment of Christopher Stone as its next president, effective July 2012.
UNESCO: Obiang Prize Suspended Again
Press Release
October 5, 2011
The Open Society Justice Initiative and five other groups have called for UNESCO to eliminate a controversial prize that would honour Africa's longest serving autocrat.
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Consumers in the Information Society
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
March 8, 2012
This event, organized by Open Society grantee Consumers International, addresses questions raised by digital technologies about a fair intellectual property regime that fosters access to knowledge.
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.
Intravenous Drug Use and HIV
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
November 28, 2011
This session provides a platform for discussion on implementing and building research capacity in the sub-Saharan African region on intravenous drug use and the spread of HIV.
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