Practicing Health as a Human Right: Policy, Ethics and the Law

The Minority Health Conference, which is the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the country, aims to raise awareness around minority health and mobilize students, academics and community members to take action for change. The conference seeks to examine the factors that have created and impacted health inequities across gender, race, economic status and other social determinants of health.

The World Health Organization declared, “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.” The past year has revealed how global and domestic political, legal, economic, and health systems are failing to support the highest attainable health. Practicing Health as a Human Right recognizes that human rights provide a framework upon which we can ensure that equity and justice are routinely protected and upheld in the law. Practicing Health as a Human Right acknowledges that the public health problems of today are often structural, stemming from racism and other discriminatory practices and policies that have been codified into law, and therefore require legal and policy solutions.

If public health practitioners, policymakers, and healthcare providers utilize human rights principles in the execution of their work, we stand a better chance of improving health outcomes and quality of life for all people. This year’s conference seeks to examine the factors that have created and impacted health inequities across gender, race, economic status, and other social determinants of health. The goal of the conference is to conceptualize a human rights framework as a tool to center our public health discussions around policy, ethics, and the law.

IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL OPTION FOR 2023 CONFERENCE:

• In-person will be held at the Friday Conference Center, 100 Friday Center Dr., Chapel Hill NC 27599
• The virtual link will be emailed to virtual attendees by mid-February.

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For more info, visit Minority Health Conference.

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