Abstract

Is healthcare a human right? Are we making progress in bringing healthcare into the human rights framework? Dr. Sridhar Venkatapuram is at the forefront of Global Health ethics, and will share his practical experience in developing health as a human right.

Dr. Sridhar Venkatapuram has been at the cutting edge of health ethics for over 20 years. He is a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow at Global Health Ethics Unit- WHO , Senior Lecturer in Global Health and Philosophy at King’s College London, and Founding Director of their MSc Global Health & Social Justice program. He has been at the forefront of many global health ethics campaigns, which included early work on human rights in HIV /AIDS, pioneering health as a human right with Human Rights Watch, and putting forward the “Capability approach” as a positive public health framework. He gives lectures worldwide on global health ethics, and consults for prominent global health organisations including the WHO , the Open Society Institute, and the Population Council. His PhD in political philosophy was done at King’s College, Cambridge.