Institution
François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
ABP-I-0018
Overview
The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights was founded and endowed by Albina du Boisrouvray at Harvard in 1993. Jonathan M. Mann served as its first director and advanced its framework connecting health, dignity, and human rights.
Historical Role
University-wide center for interdisciplinary research, education, and action at the intersection of health and human rights.
Historical Significance
The Center supplied an enduring institutional home for health-and-human-rights scholarship and practice and helped establish the field within American public health education.
Roles and contributions
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Founding director
Beginning 1993
Key facts
- ABP identifier
- ABP-I-0018
- Dates
- 1993–present
- Location
- Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States