Working at the intersection of law, social science, and health to understand how political institutions at the global and national level shape inequality. From national laws and civil society organizations to international norms and the organizing bodies of global governance—these structure how power is distributed and its effects, for good or for ill, on people’s well being.
The Center is housed across Georgetown’s Law and Health centers, in recognition that addressing today’s major health challenges–from policy on women’s health and pandemic response to health equity and health system accountability–require a multi-disciplinary approach.
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Working with the Brazilian presidency’s Health Working Group, we convened high level leaders from academia and government at the G20 Health & Finance Ministerial to address the inequality-pandemics cycle.
Through leveraging partnerships, engaging communities, and conducting empirical research to understand racism and structural discrimination in global health, the Commission seeks to advance equity and improve health outcomes around the world.
Using policy surveillance methods, we conducted an empirical analysis of the national law and policy environments on health and care workers’ protection and rights in 182 countries.
