Health as a Human Right in the United States: What COVID-19 Has Exposed
The Center for Global Engagement is hosting a Global Perspective Series on "Human Rights at Home," a three-part fall series. Experts will discuss why the United States has taken a divergent route on human rights and how embracing the international human rights system could make a critical impact in addressing system racism and differential access to education and health care.
Join us November 17 at 10 a.m. for "Health as a Human Right in the United States: What COVID-19 Has Exposed."
The COVID-19 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?
Moderated by Flavius R. W. Lilly, PhD, MA, MPH, Vice Provost, Academic & Student Affairs and Vice Dean, Graduate School.
Panelists:
- Carlos Faerron Guzmán, MD, MPH, Executive Director, InterAmerican Center for Global Health (CISG) CISG and Faculty Member, University of Maryland Graduate School
- Kenyon Farrow, Co-Executive Director of Partners for Dignity & Rights
- 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, Harvard Law School
Register here: https://umbforms.wufoo.com/forms/m8sggtn1djk7yw
