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Acknowledgements

Funding for the research and writing of this paper was provided by the Canada Research Chairs Program. I am grateful to Lisa Forman, Dabney Evans, and Alicia Yamin for their useful comments and to Bronwyn Underhill for preparation of references.

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The organizer of this special section, a member of JPHP's Editorial Board, identifies human and documentary sources to extract health implications of human rights. She draws connections among them-as international health agencies, policymakers, advocates, and activists increasingly invoke these concepts, often without her historical sensitivity.

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Birn, AE. Special Section: Health and Human Rights: Historical Perspectives and Political Challenges. J Public Health Pol 29, 32–41 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200165

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