National Health Law Program and National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
USHRF's grant supports collaboration between the following groups:
- NHeLP: The National Health Law Program is a national public interest law firm that seeks to improve health care for America's working and unemployed poor, minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities.
- NESRI: The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) promotes a human rights vision for the United States that ensures dignity and access to the basic resources needed for human development and civic participation. Towards this end, NESRI works with organizers, policy advocates and legal organizations to incorporate a human rights perspective into their work.
- Uplift International: Uplift International's mission is to improve the well being of the world's most vulnerable populations by promoting the universal human right to health through education, advocacy, and humanitarian efforts.
- Ipas: Ipas is an international organization that works around the world to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights, and to reduce abortion-related deaths and injuries.
- FXB Center on Health and Human Rights: The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights is the first academic center to focus exclusively on health and human rights. The Center combines the academic strengths of research and teaching with a strong commitment to service and policy development.
Project
With this grant, NHeLP and NESRI will continue the collaborative work that began with the help of USHRF's 2007 grant. They are currently working with organizations in Montana, and are collaborating closely with Montana Human Rights Network. Additionally, NHeLP/NESRI will provide legal advice and technical assistance on universal health care to advocates in Vermont, and will begin a joint campaign with AI-USA and The Opportunity Agenda on messaging about health care as a human right.
Finally, the NHeLP/NESRI collaborative will participate in the national health care debate in Fall 2009. They will share the value-added of including human rights phrasing with health care organizations participating in the national health care debate, as well as with local and state-based reform campaigns. Overall, they will work to enhance the capacity and cohesiveness of health care justice activists.
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