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Public Health Emergencies and Human Rights Principles: A Solidarity Approach

Bill of Health

By Anne Kjersti Befring and Cecilia Marcela Bailliet Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic posed a grave threat to humanity and revealed the need for a new approach to improve transnational cooperation within the global health system and new perspectives on solidarity addressing the cross-border spread of infection and distribution of vaccines.

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The “Food Wars” and the Courts

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Toddler milks have been criticized by professional and scientific organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization , for containing high levels of saturated fat, sodium and sweeteners, including sugar. Cuomo, and was an Adjunct Professor at New York Medical College Public Health Ph.D.

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

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I explore this analogy in a recently published article in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics ( JLME ), Increasing Equity in the Transnational Allocation of Vaccines Against Emerging Pathogens: A Multi-Modal Approach. Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health.

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

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Monsanto and Myriad) ( this 2015 article discusses the history and taxonomy of patent pledges, many of which are collected in this online database ). In short, these public statements, if made in a manner that is intended to be taken seriously (e.g., Licensing structures like this go back at least to World War II, when the U.S.

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Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics

Bill of Health

During large transnational public health crises, global demand soars for diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines. At the research and development (R&D) stage, government funders can bind producers to equity goals through targeted contractual provisions, as we explain in a recently-published Nature Biotechnology article.

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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Bangladesh: Gaps and Opportunities

Bill of Health

Estimates of the number of persons with disabilities affected by the 2022 floods in Bangladesh by the United Nations Humanitarian Coordination Task Team appear unbelievably low compared with World Health Organization estimates. A robust General Comment on Article 11 of the CRPD may help to close these gaps.

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Data Lights the Path Toward Ethical COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution

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The following is a guest article by Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO at Carrot Health.