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Argentina
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

The Convention on the Rights of the Child in Action: the Hospital Garrahan's experience through mainstreaming the rights approach into health care.
 Schon A, Hammermüller E, Di Tommaso V, Bagari G.  
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2015 Jun 1;113(3):269-75
 Abstract

Los Torturadores Medicos: Medical Collusion With Human Rights Abuses in Argentina, 1976-1983.
Perechocky A.
J Bioeth Inq. 2014 Jul 5
Abstract
Brazil
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The HIV epidemic and human rights violations in Brazil.
Malta M, Beyrer C.
 J Int AIDS Soc. 2013 Nov 12;16:18817.
Paper

Religious communities and HIV prevention: An intervention study using a human
rights-based approach.
 Paiva V, Garcia J, Rios LF, et al
Glob Public Health. 2010 Apr 7:1-15.
 Abstract

Gross violation of human rights and inequality in São Paulo, Brazil.
Ruotti C, Freitas TV, Almeida JF, Peres MF. 
Rev Saude Publica. 2009 Apr
Abstract

HIV-positive women in northeast Brazil: Tubal sterilization, medical recommendation and
reproductive rights.
 Oliveira F, Kerr L, Frota A, et al
AIDS Care. 2007 Nov;19(10):1258-65.
 Abstract

Brazil and Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs: A Question of Human Rights and Public Health.
Galvao J.
Am J Public Health. 2005 Jul;95(7):1110-6
Abstract

A Critical Analysis of the Brazilian Response to HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learned for
Controlling and Mitigating the Epidemic in Developing Countries.
Berkman A, Garcia J, Munoz-Laboy M, Paiva V, Parker R .
Am J Public Health. 2005 Jul;95(7):1162-72.
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Haiti
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Orphans and At-Risk Children in Haiti: Vulnerabilities and Human Rights Issues Postearthquake.
Nicholas PK, George EK, Raymond N, et al
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2012 Apr;35(2):182-189.
 Abstract

Human rights assessment in Parc Jean Marie Vincent, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Cullen KA, Ivers LC.
Health Hum Rights. 2010 Dec 15;12(2):61-72
 Abstract
Puerto Rico
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Human rights abuse and other criminal violations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a random survey
of households.
Kolbe AR, Hutson RA.
Lancet. 2006 Sep 2;368(9538):864-73
 Abstract
Mexico
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Murder in Ciudad Juarez: A Parable of Women's Struggle for Human Rights.
Ensalaco M.
Violence Against Women. 2006 May;12(5):417-40.
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Assessment of torture and ill treatment of detainees in Mexico: attitudes and
experiences of forensic physicians.
Heisler M, Moreno A, DeMonner S,  et al  
JAMA 2003 Apr 23;289(16):2135-43
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Puerto Rico
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Organizing, Educating, and Advocating for Health and Human Rights in Vieques,
Puerto Rico
MI Torres,
J American Journal of Public Health . Jan 2005, Vol 95, No. 1  9-12
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