Health Care

Carnegie Council. Spring/Summer 2001. Human Rights Dialogue. Series 2, Number 6. Magazine issue focused on "Rights and the Struggle for Health."

CERD Working Group on Health and Environmental Health. January 2008. "Unequal Health Outcomes in the United States." Examines the racial and ethnic disparities in health care treatment and access, the role of social and environmental determinants of health and the responsibility of the state.

Health Policy Institute, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, The Opportunity Agenda and Alliance for Healthy Homes. July 2008. "Organizing to Address Minority Health Disparities: A Directory of State and Local Initiatives." Provides a snapshot of those working on the issue of unequal health outcomes for people of color in the U.S. with the goal of establishing connections.

International People's Health University Course. April 2009. "People, Politics and Global Health: Actions to Change the Approach." Report of the course, held in London, UK.

National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI). May 2009. "A Human Rights Assessment of Single Payer Plans" The assessment measures the four active single-payer bills against human rights standards, and shows that single-payer plans are superior to market-based proposals because they go further towards creating a system that is universal, equitable and accountable.

Physicians for Human Rights. January 2009. "Health in Ruins: A Man-Made Disaster in Zimbabwe." Emergency report detailing how denial of human rights by the Mugabe regine amount to crimes against humanity and provides recommendations for how to help the people of Zimbabwe.

Research & Evaluation Solutions, Inc. December 30 2008. "North St. Louis Health Care Access Study: Final Report." by the North St. Louis Health Care Access Study Task Force.

The Opportunity Agenda and Families USA. April 2008. "Identifying and Evaluating Equity Provisions in State Health Care Reform." This report seeks to identify state policies that promote equitable health care access and quality and to evaluate existing laws, regulations, or reform proposals in five states—Massachusetts, Washington, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and California.