UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, also known as Dr. T, is a distinguished lecturer at Georgetown University and Senior Scholar at the Center for Global Health Policy & Politics who was appointed the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health by the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session in July 2020. She is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University and chair of the Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health.
Globally renowned, Dr. T has been recognized by numerous organizations for her work as an advocate for human rights-based approaches to sexual and reproductive health. She was named on Forbes Africa Influential Woman 2024 and BBC Top 100 Woman 2021 and received a Global Excellence Award by Clinix in 2023. Dr. T is widely published and is the bestselling author of “Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure.” She is also a broadcaster, producer, and host of various local and international TV shows.
UN Annual Thematic Reports
New Report
- Health as an enabler of dignity , A/HRC/62/66, 2026
Previous Reports
- Health and care workers: the oath takers and defenders of the right to health, A/80/184, 2025
- Health and care workers as defenders of the right to health, A/HRC/59/48, 2025
- Harm reduction for sustainable peace and development, A/79/177, 2024
- Drug use, harm reduction and the right to health, A/HRC/56/52, 2024
- Food, nutrition and the right to health, A/78/185, 2023
- Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health, A/HRC/53/65, 2023
- Racism and the right to health, A/77/197, 2022
- Violence and its impact on the right to health, A/HRC/50/28, 2022
- Sexual and reproductive health rights: challenges and opportunities during COVID-19, A/76/172, 2021
- Strategic priorities of work, A/HRC/47/28, 2021
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Collaboration
The collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation provides more visibility for the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health’s UN work across civil society and the general public, adding to the traditional UN methods of publishing mandate-related materials. This collaboration included creating a short video series and infographics to ensure a wider reach across communities and facilitate a broader understanding of the reports and other mandate-related activities to members of the population who might not be familiar with the UN language.
