Resource Pack: Health and Human Rights

This resource pack was curated by the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator to provide an overview of health as a fundamental human right and to examine the conditions, diseases, and systems that exclude key populations from attaining this right. The collection of resources explores a spectrum of topics related to health as a human right including universal health coverage, advancing the right to health, providing access to treatment, and more. This pack highlights key populations, including prisoners; refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers; as well as women and children. This collection includes resources that speak to the interplay between Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and historically-marginalized populations.

The resources in this collection were selected for their diversity, quality, and timeliness. We specifically curated publications, country cases, and data portals that allow users to explore previous declarations, programs, and global treaties to ensure health as a human right, as well as to understand the health issues and conditions for health that challenge human rights.

These resources may be useful to educators as they develop lesson plans, activities, or assignments focusing on health and human rights. Learners may apply analytical skills through exploring data resources, use human rights country cases as examples for discussion, or focus on specific diseases and populations.

The Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University supports interdisciplinary education about world health through the production, curation, and dissemination of educational public goods.