Center for Global Health Policy and Politics

Tag: Expert Global Politics of COVID-19

9 Articles

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India Must Have Vaccine Transparency for the World’s Largest Immunization Program to Succeed

January 14, 2021

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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…

June 24, 2020

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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…

June 17, 2020

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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…

June 2, 2020

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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…

June 2, 2020

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How Funding the WHO Benefits U.S. Foreign Policy

Summer Marion, Research Fellow, University of Maryland School of Public Policy The Main Point: Withdrawing from the WHO would hurt both US and global security – leaving a…

June 2, 2020

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The WHO Explained

Renu Singh, ScholarAmy Patterson, Professor of Politics, University of the SouthEmmanuel Balogun, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Skidmore CollegeSummer Marion,…

June 2, 2020

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Pandemics Do Have Borders

Mara Pillinger, Former Senior Associate One of the most common refrains in global health security is that pandemics don’t respect national borders. But the COVID-19 epidemic…

February 15, 2020

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Politics & PHEIC Declarations

Mara Pillinger, Former Senior Associate On Thursday, after delaying for an extra day of deliberation, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided not to declare the outbreak of…

January 27, 2020