GCHL Student Blog

Michael Woldeyes - Research has shown that khat chewing results in adverse health effects. Children are particularly vulnerable to the physical and mental health effects of the drug because there is no legislation that regulates the trade of khat to and its use by them.

Marijn Geuts - We woorden steeds dikker, dat is een onweerlegbaar feit. Mensen met (ernstig) overgewicht houden tijdens de coronapandemie de meeste ziekenhuisbedden bezet. Hoe is het mogelijk dat het aantal mensen met overgewicht en obesitas gestaag blijft toenemen? 

Eirini Koutsoukou - The main point of this article is to describe the ineffectively strict anti-Covid measures of the Greek government and analyse the subsequent human rights limitations.

Rosalind Turkie -The outbreak of coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) has not only had severe impacts on global health but also poses enormous social challenges, which raise human rights (HR) issues.  Among other vulnerable groups, the older population has been disproportionately affected

Dana Andreeva - The first global definition of health as a right lies in the 1948 Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] However, these aspirations are difficult to attain in particular when it comes to minorities such as the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

Tegal Insoll - Jordan recently overtook Indonesia as the country with the highest smoking rates in the world. But what exactly is happening to produce such astonishing statistics on the use of tobacco? And what must be done to turn the tide of the tobacco epidemic to protect the public health of individuals?

Andrei Gasca - When former US President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw the US from the WHO, a shadow of uncertainty was cast over the near future of the world as it relates to global health and security.

Noor Swart - In November 2020, a claim against a buffer zone around an abortion clinic in the United Kingdom was filed at the European Court of Human Rights. This will provide a crucial judgment on a highly topical and contentious issue. I

Ada García Molada - Nowadays, vegetarian and plant-based diets are becoming more popular, as research shows these diets help to prevent, treat, or reverse some non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

Ádám Nagy - Certain groups have been identified as vulnerable to discrimination when it comes to equal access to health services and their protection is somewhat being ensured.[i] But what happens when someone belongs not only to one, but more of these vulnerable groups?