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Reclaiming Global Public Health

Bill of Health

The answer to one of the most important public health questions of our time — who gets access to vaccines? — Private decisions did not match public health need. Monopoly control presents profound questions for public health governance. Together, these decisions had a profound impact on global public health.

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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

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While receiving significant global traction and acceptance since their publication in 1985, the Siracusa Principles, the authors argue, proved to be simply “unequal to the task” of guiding States’ conduct in the context of COVID-19 because they are “unable to speak in any significant detail to the particular concerns of public health crises.”

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What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines

Bill of Health

Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health. At the same time, they are regularly treated as commodities , often in ways that are completely divorced from their public health value.

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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

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Moderna broke that promise on August 26, 2022, when it sued Pfizer and BioNTech , the producers of a competing mRNA vaccine, for patent infringement in the U.S. Licensing structures like this go back at least to World War II, when the U.S. From 2020 to 2022, the U.S. and Germany. Moderna’s Pledge. Updating” the Pledge.

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COVID-19: Vaccine mandate enforced in Austria

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The target to vaccinate 80% per cent of the German population at least once by the end of January 2022 has not been reached, according to a government announcement yesterday. In contrast, Austria’s health minister Wolfgang Mückstein stated: “Corona vaccination is an act of solidarity and cohesion. THE LARGER TREND.

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Climate Change and Neglected Tropical Diseases: Key Takeaways from the WHO-WIPO-WTO Trilateral Symposium

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By Aparajita Lath* The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), hosted the 10 th Trilateral Symposium on Human Health and Climate Change in Geneva this November. HLS and Student fellow, PFC, 2022-2023.

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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Bangladesh: Gaps and Opportunities

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For me, the summer 2022 floods in Sunamganj and Sylhet districts exposed these considerable gaps in starkly human terms. Trenchantly, despite the several references to persons with disabilities in Bangladesh’s climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, OPDs appear not to participate meaningfully in their design and implementation.