Global Health Governance
About
The Global Health Governance project investigates how the structures of international organizations, law, and politics operate at national, regional, and global levels and how they can better serve access to health for all.
Our Work
We research the ways international institutions work, how international relations influence health worldwide, and how states operate with the real global political environment. We engage with policymakers and decision-makers at political forums such as G20 and the UN General Assembly on topics including HIV laws and policy, community-led monitoring, pandemic preparedness and response, equitable access to health technologies, WHO reform efforts, and international global health agreements. We work in partnership with civil society, multilateral organizations, and others to track, analyze, and advocate for improved health policies and service delivery; promote equity, accountability, and transparency in policymaking; and strengthen multilateral global health governance.
Featured Work
Increasing Compliance With International Pandemic Law: International Relations and New Global Health Agreements
The World Health Organization and the Shifting US and Global Political Orders
Journal of Health Policy, Politics & Law
Can a Pandemic Treaty Change a State’s Behavior? Increasing Compliance with International Pandemic Law
The Latest
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The O’Neill Institute Welcomes Leading Public Health Expert Nina Schwalbe as Senior Scholar
The Georgetown Center for Health Policy & Politics is pleased to announce that Dr. Nina Schwalbe has joined as a senior scholar. “We are delighted to welcome Dr. Schwalbe and to benefit…
July 10, 2024
Journal Article
Equity and technology in the pandemic treaty
Matthew M. Kavanagh, Luis Gil Abinader, Amanda…
November 1, 2023
Journal Article
Matthew M. Kavanagh, Sam Halabi, Adi Radhakrishnan, Allan Maleche, Clare Wenham, Elize Massard da Fonseca, Lawrence R Helfer, Elvin Nyukuri, Attiya…
September 4, 2023
Expert Column
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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
The American Public Trusts the WHO. That’s Vitally Important.
Renu Singh, Scholar The Main Point: Public trust in the WHO matters. Because more than three-quarters of Americans trust the WHO to manage the COVID-19 response, the organization’s…
June 2, 2020
Expert Column
Defunding the WHO Will Hurt African Health Programs
Amy Patterson, Professor of Politics, University of the SouthEmmanuel Balogun, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Skidmore College The Main Point: In addition to supporting work on…
June 2, 2020
Featured Work
HIV Language Compendium
Past Events
Political and Legal Debates Around a Pandemic Treaty
May 21st, 2024
Revisiting the Access to Medicine Debates in the COVID-19 Era
March 5th, 2021