Tag: Global Health
45 Articles
- Science & Technology
Measurability and Inclusivity: Challenges for the New Global Health Security Fund
Why Now? COVID-19 and the Global Health Security Agenda Almost two years into the global pandemic, more than five million people worldwide have died due to COVID-19-related.…
December 8, 2021
- Science & Technology
A Proactive Approach to Medical Countermeasures for Infectious Disease Threats
From the Black Death to typhoid fever, our ancestors faced a myriad of infectious disease threats. Yet, they exhibited significant limitations surrounding their ability to combat…
December 6, 2021
- Society & Culture
Neither Seen nor Heard: The Invisibility of Children in the Global Politics of Peace, Security, and Responses to COVID-19
Estimates published last year suggest that 1.6 billion children live with the effects of conflict. Research suggests that these children, like adults, engage in activities that…
June 25, 2021
- Dialogues
“Big and Bold”: Professor Lawrence Gostin on the US Role in Global Vaccine Distribution
GJIA: Let us start off with the current state of vaccine distribution. The Economist Intelligence Unit reports that all developed countries are expected to achieve widespread…
June 23, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
COVID-19 and the Destruction of the Social Contract in South Africa
The pandemic is the ultimate test of governments’ commitments to human rights, even in comparison to other times of crisis. The South African government is no exception to this…
June 17, 2021
- Science & Technology
Biden Could Be a Climate Change President, and COVID-19 Is Only Part of the Story
Just a few months into his presidency, Joe Biden is already the most ambitious climate president in history. On his first day in office, he signed five climate-related executive…
May 3, 2021
- Business & Economics
Rethinking Global Vaccine Inequality: Lessons from Game Theory
The distribution gap for COVID-19 vaccines between wealthy and poor countries is widening. High-income countries, which account for fourteen percent of the global population,…
April 10, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
India and Latin America: Moving from Transactional to Permanent Healthcare Partners
On January 22, less than a week after India began its own COVID-19 vaccination drive at home, the Serum Institute of India shipped two million doses of the Covidshield vaccine…
March 18, 2021
- Conflict & Security
In 2020, Peru Became a Tinderbox
For the first nineteen years of the twenty-first century, Peru was a Latin American success story. Economic growth was rapid; poverty and inequality declined; democracy was…
February 19, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Community and Health Governance in Myanmar during and after COVID-19
COVID-19 has exposed the real consequences of continual violence and Myanmar’s need for a strong health system to resolve conflict and instability. Although the WHO lauded…
January 28, 2021