Global Perspectives Series: Human Rights at Home
On Nov. 17, the Center for Global Engagement hosted its final "Human Rights at Home" webinar in the Global Perspective Series.
The final webinar focused on "Health as a Human Right in the United States: What COVID-19 Has Exposed." The pandemic has exposed the perilous state of access to health care in the United States and the danger inadequate access poses to every citizen. In countries, such as Costa Rica, where health care is a right, the virus was much better controlled. Are we at a turning point on how we think about health as a human right?
Thank you to our moderator, Flavius R. W. Lilly, PhD, MA, MPH, Vice Provost of Academic & Student Affairs and Vice Dean of the Graduate School.
We were honored to have amazing panelists for this final session:
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Alicia Ely Yamin, JD, Senior Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School; Research Director, Gender Unit at the Centre on Law and Social Transformation (Bergen, Norway); Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School
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Carlos Faerron Guzmán, MD, MPH, Executive Director, InterAmerican Center for Global Health CISG and Faculty Member, UM Graduate School
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Kenyon Farrow, Co-Executive Director of Partners for Dignity & Rights
Watch the webinar recording here: