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A Global Health Law Trilogy: Transformational Reforms to Strengthen Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

Benjamin Mason Meier ,
Roojin Habibi  and
Lawrence O. Gostin
Benjamin Mason Meier
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NC, USA
Roojin Habibi
Affiliation:
YORK UNIVERSITY, YORK, ENGLAND
Lawrence O. Gostin
Affiliation:
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DC, USA
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Abstract

This is a pivotal moment in the global governance response to pandemic threats, with crucial global health law reforms being undertaken simultaneously in the coming years: the revision of the International Health Regulations, the implementation of the GHSA Legal Preparedness Action Package, and the negotiation of a new Pandemic Treaty. Rather than looking at these reforms in isolation, it will be necessary to examine how they fit together, considering: how these reforms can complement each other to support pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response; what financing mechanisms are necessary to ensure sustainable health governance; and why vital norms of equity, social justice, and human rights must underpin this new global health system.

Keywords

International Health RegulationsGlobal Health Security AgendaPandemic TreatyWorld Health OrganizationCOVID-19
Type
Columns: Global Health Law
Information
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 50 , Issue 3: Transgender Health Equity and the Law , Fall 2022 , pp. 625 - 627
Copyright
© 2022 The Author(s)

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About This Column

Lawrence O. Gostin and Benjamin Mason Meier serve as the section editors for Global Health Law. Professor Gostin is University Professor at Georgetown University and the Founding Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law. Professor Meier is a Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. This column will feature timely analyses and perspectives on law, policy, and justice in global health.

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