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The Pre-Health for Human Rights Society was formed by a group of Hunter pre-health students to shed light on pressing human rights issues occurring worldwide. We aim to allow pre-health students to understand their roles as advocates for human rights and much more!
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Maternal Mortality: The Realities of Childbirth in Senegal
Written by Khady Thiam Edited by Jarrin Ahmed Pregnancy is a very delicate process: life is being created and transported out through a...
Khady Thiam
May 8, 20232 min read
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The Abominable Abhorrences of Albinism: Albinism in Africa
Written by Khady Thiam Edited by Tasniah Jahan Albinism is a genetic disorder that disrupts the development of melanin in one’s hair,...
Khady Thiam
May 1, 20232 min read
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A Poetic Rendition of the 2022 Pakistan Floods
Overflowing waters devastated Pakistan’s land Copious rains, too fierce, too grand to withstand. Vulnerable infrastructure already in...
Aniza Shabbir
Apr 3, 20231 min read
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Re-Thinking the Flexnerian Model
Society has historically fostered a culture of prestige and status for physicians, regardless of whether they possessed “magical” healing...
Rida Ahmed
Feb 27, 20234 min read
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Global Threats Go Unchecked for Decades, Cholera Outbreaks Persist
What is Cholera? Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by consuming water and/or food that has been contaminated with the...
Devika Baddhan
Feb 14, 20235 min read
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Black Disenfranchisement: Locked Out of Voting Rights
The American prison system has long been used as a tool for reducing the voting rights of Black communities. Every state in the US, with...
Yosan Tecleab
Jan 3, 20233 min read
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How the Bolsonaro Administration Jeopardized Indigenous and Environmental Health
As the insurrectionist furor around the 2022 Brazilian presidential election dies down, the country is taking stock of Jair Bolsonaro’s...
Alex Vtorov
Nov 28, 20223 min read
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Surveillance of Muslim, South Asian, and Arab Communties
The United States is inherently built on the legal basis of stripping the civil liberties and human rights of racial and ethnic...
Sarah Shalan
Oct 30, 20225 min read
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Justice for Ayub Ayman
On September 23, 2022, I opened my Instagram account to see people sharing a video of an Egyptian woman, captioned “Help and Share...
Sarah Shalan
Oct 2, 20225 min read
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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Imperialism in the 21st Century
As we approach over one week since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine- the largest military...
Mirza Rimu
Mar 13, 20224 min read
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Gender-Based Violence in Tigray
For over a year, the world has watched the perpetual political and ethnic battles that took place in Tigray, the northernmost part of...
Sarah Asjad
Dec 2, 20214 min read
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