Center for Global Health Policy and Politics

Global Politics of COVID-19

Analyzing national and international responses to COVID-19 and advocating for science-, equity-, and human rights-based policies.

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The Global Politics of COVID-19 project investigates and evaluates the many political and legal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. Assessing the political priorities of national and multinational pandemic responses, we advocate for just and science-based policies on issues ranging from vaccine distribution to lockdowns and other public health measures. 

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Vaccine Politics: Law and Inequality in the Pandemic Response to COVID-19

Intellectual Property and the Politics of Public Good in Covid-19: Framing Law, Institutions, and Ideas During TRIPS Waiver Negotiations at the WTO

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Journal Article

Intellectual Property and the Politics of Public Good in Covid-19: Framing Law, Institutions, and Ideas During TRIPS Waiver Negotiations at the WTO

Matthew M. Kavanagh, Sara Fischer, Lucia Vitale, Akinyi Lisa…

September 20, 2023

Op-ed

How President Biden Can Expand Global COVID-19 Test-To-Treat

Ngozi Erondu, Sharonann Lynch, Zain Rizvi, Rachel M. Cohen, Brook Baker, Emily Bass, Reshma Ramachandran, Emily…

April 6, 2022

Publication

Open Letter to the World Health Organization

Sharonann Lynch 30 January 2022 To: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHO Open Letter to the World Health Organisation  Re: COVID Won’t Wait–The Urgent Need for…

January 31, 2022

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Expert Column

The WHO Reform Process – Opportunities and Challenges

Tine Hanrieder, Head of Research Group Global Humanitarian Medicine, WZB Main point: Reform efforts at the WHO have been going on for years. New reformers should avoid past mistakes and…

June 24, 2020

Expert Column

Are Immunity Certificates Fool’s Gold?

Mara Pillinger, Former Senior Associate The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, but lockdowns are unsustainable. Policymakers are desperately searching for new policy tools that will allow…

June 17, 2020

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