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South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 2014 The international community has made great progress in improving global health. But staggering health inequalities between rich and poor still remain, raising fundamental questions of social justice. In a book that systematically defines the burgeoning field of global health law, Lawrence Gostin drives home the need for effective global governance for ...
Ames Dhai
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Decolonization of Global Health Law: Lessons from International Environmental Law. [PDF]
J Law Med Ethics, 2023 AbstractGlobal health law for pandemics currently lacks legal obligations to ensure distributional and reparative justice. In contrast, international environmental law contains several novel international legal mechanisms aimed at addressing the effects of colonialism and global injustices that arise from the disproportionate contributions to — and ...
Phelan AL, Sirleaf M.
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Global Health Law: Between Hard and Soft Law. [PDF]
J Law Med EthicsAbstractThe field of global health law encompasses both “hard” law treaties and “soft” law policies that shape global health norms. Transitioning from “international health law” to “global health law and policy,” global health policymakers have increasingly looked to soft law instruments to address public health needs in a rapidly globalizing world ...
Meier BM, Finch A, Habibi R.
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The World Health Organization was born as a normative agency: Seventy-five years of global health law under WHO governance. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthThe World Health Organization (WHO) was born as a normative agency and has looked to global health law to structure collective action to realize global health with justice.
Lawrence O Gostin +12 more
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How the Biden Administration Can Reinvigorate Global Health Security, Institutions, and Governance
AJIL Unbound, 2021 Joseph R. Biden was elected President of the United States during a period of compound crises for global health and security: the worst pandemic in a century, as well as steep reverses in progress toward reducing poverty, hunger, and disease.
Lawrence O. Gostin +2 more
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Pursuing Global Health with Justice: Review of Global Health Law [PDF]
J Law Biosci, 2014 europepmc +4 more sources
Globalization and Health, 2021 Across the globe, the consumption of energy-dense and nutrient-poor foods and beverages has escalated rates of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), driven by deceptive marketing tactics from the food and beverage industry.
Andrés Constantin +6 more
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International environmental law and global public health
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002 The environment continues to be a source of ill-health for many people, particularly in developing countries. International environmental law offers a viable strategy for enhancing public health through the promotion of increased awareness of the ...
Schirnding Yasmin von +2 more
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Vaccines, 2021 Equitable and efficient distribution of COVID-19 vaccines continues to be a key issue in global health, and a targeted approach is needed to meet the World Health Organization’s world vaccination targets.
Li Du, Meng Wang, Vera Lúcia Raposo
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Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020 Background Many countries are currently rethinking their global health research funding priorities. When resources are limited, it is important to understand and use information about existing research strengths to inform research strategies and ...
Ranjana Nagi +2 more
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