FXB Turns 30!
This year FXB completes 30 years since its founding in 1993. We are taking a moment to mark this milestone, acknowledge the breadth of activities in our community and the continued importance of work...
View ArticleFXB at APHA 2023: Declining US Health: A population health emergency
Plummeting Life Expectancy Rates for Americans Are a Public Health Emergency! Stephen Bezruchka, MD, MPH, an acclaimed public health expert and author of Inequality Kills Us All, has convened a panel...
View ArticleHealth and Human Rights Journal Announces Amon as Editor-in-Chief
Harvard University’s François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights and Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, co-publishers of the Health and Human Rights Journal,...
View ArticleCommemorating the 2023 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian...
Sumud, an Arabic word that means steadfastness, has a distinct significance in Palestinian culture. It captures a collective response to chronic adversity and a people’s will to survive, endure, and...
View ArticleThe Universal Declaration at 75 – Looking Back and Forward
On December 10th, 2023, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the seminal and aspirational foundation for post World War II human rights principles, will turn 75. At the time of its signing, the...
View ArticleSpecial message from FXB Director Dr. Mary Bassett
As we approach the year-end, a time when the importance of peace is celebrated around the world, in too many places there is war: Gaza, Ukraine, Myanmar, Sudan, Yemen, Congo, and more. Many receive...
View ArticlePress Release: New Report Documents the Mental and Physical Harm Experienced...
Cover art: Allison Arteaga Argumedo BOSTON, MA – A groundbreaking investigation conducted by the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Asylum Clinic at the MGH Center for Global Health, the FXB Center...
View ArticlePress Release: Empirical Study Examines the Impact of State Engagement on...
BOSTON, MA – The FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, in collaboration with a team of Polish migration researchers from the University of Warsaw, conducted a preliminary...
View ArticlePress Release: Research report analyzes healthcare standards for children...
BOSTON, MA – A team of researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) in Melbourne, Australia, the Justice Health Group at Curtin University, and the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB)...
View ArticleReflections on Black History Month 2024
In 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson established “Negro History Week,” and fifty years later, President Gerald Ford designated the month of February “Black History Month” in 1976. This year’s theme...
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