Skip to content
  • English
  • Español
Mental Health and Human Rights Info logo
  • DATABASE
  • THEMATIC PAGES
  • GBV TRAINING MANUAL
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ABOUT
Menu Close
  • DATABASE
  • THEMATIC PAGES
  • GBV TRAINING MANUAL
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ABOUT
  • English
  • Español

health care

  1. Home>
  2. health care

Webinar: COVID-19 Threats to Detention Center/Prison Populations

Physicians for Human Rights, 2020/April 23

With Dr. Scott Allen, Eunice Cho, and Gerald Staberock

In the sixth installment of PHR’s webinar series, PHR Senior Medical Advisor Dr. Ranit Mishori moderated a discussion on COVID-19 and detention center/prison populations featuring Dr. Scott Allen, Eunice Cho, and Gerald Staberock. They discussed the U.S. and international response to the danger of contagion in these densely populated environments, questions concerning access to care for inmates and staff, and how judgments being made today will shape the landscape of legal precedent going forward.

To watch the webinar please click on the link below:

https://youtu.be/6fRDVeRDG3Y

coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) detention health care human rights prison populations Global USA

Webinar: Health and Rights-driven Responses to COVID-19

Physicians for Human Rights, 2020/March 19

With Dr. Michele Heisler and Laurie Garrett.

On March 19, 2020, PHR medical director Dr. Michele Heisler held a Q&A with science writer and founder of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Global Health Program Laurie Garrett. The discussion addresses how governments and health professionals can fight the coronavirus while preserving human rights.

To watch the webinar please click on the link below:

https://youtu.be/stOqTW402Ow

coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) health care human rights Global

Clinical Care for Sexual Assault Survivors: A Multimedia Training Tool – Facilitator’s Guide

International Rescue Committee, 2008

The goal of this multimedia educational program is to improve clinical care for and general treatment
of sexual assault survivors by providing medical instruction and encouraging competent, compassionate,
confidential care.

The program is intended for both clinical care providers and non-clinician health facility staff. It is
designed to be delivered in a group setting with facilitators guiding participants through the material and
directing discussions and group participation as appropriate. It is divided into five sections:
1. What Every Clinic Worker Needs to Know
2. Responsibilities of Non-Medical Staff
3. Direct Patient Care
4. Preparing Your Clinic
5. Forensic Examination

 

https://cdn.iawg.rygn.io/documents/CCSAS_facil-guide_eng.pdf?mtime=20201111002340&focal=none

health care human rights sexual violence Global

Insecurity Insight

Insecurity Insight is an organisation that examines threats facing people living and working in dangerous environments. Through innovative data collection and analysis methods generate insights relevant for aid workers, aid agencies and those concerned with the protection of health workers, educators, IDPs and refugees. This year they have launched a reporting mechanisms to help survivors of sexual violence and abuse at the aid workplace to document the problem and to highlight where change is needed.

 

http://insecurityinsight.org/projects/sexual-violence-and-abuse

Violence Against Women health care sexual violence Global

  • Opens in a new tab
  • Opens in a new tab
  • Opens in a new tab
  • Opens in a new tab
Mental Health and Human Rights Info is a resource database providing free information about the consequences of human rights violations on mental health in the contexts of disaster, war and conflict.

We use cookies to provide and improve our services. By using our site, you consent to cookies.

Contact us