Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics

Episode three of Global Order is out: Ebola, Gender, and Crisis, with Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. Pandemics don't affect everyone equally — Ebola has made that painfully clear. Listen: open.spotify.com/show/3UVX9xJ...

Who gets sick, who survives, who provides the care, whose needs come first — all shaped by inequalities that already exist. Dr.Mofokeng and @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social look at Ebola through an intersectional, human rights lens: gender, race, poverty, disability.

Last week on the sidelines of #UNGA81, UNAIDS, the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics, and other partners convened African ministers, government leaders, and the private sector on strengthening regional production of frontier AIDS and pandemic health technologies.

Our director and Global Council member @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social participated in this high-level convening. Participants shared solutions for health sovereignty within Africa through stronger regional manufacturing, increased market access, regulatory cooperation and political leadership.

We are delighted to welcome Dr. @Lara Vojnov to the Center as a Senior Scholar. Her focus on equity in testing will strengthen the Center's work as diagnostics move to the center of the fight against TB, HIV, and the next pandemic.

1/3 We're pleased to release E2 of Global Order: Can a Divided World Be Ready for the Next Pandemic? with the Rt Hon. Helen Clark. Listen now: open.spotify.com/show/3UVX9xJ...

2/3 The question at the heart of the episode: if a dangerous new pathogen emerged tomorrow, are we any readier than we were in January 2020?

On Wednesday 9 September, we release the first episode of Global Order: Inside the Systems that Govern Life and Death — our new podcast on what happens to health as the rules and institutions the world relied on for 80 years come apart. Hosted by our director, @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social

We’re launching a podcast, Global Order, on what happens to health as the rules and institutions the world relied on for 80 years come apart. A moment of danger, but also a chance to build something better. Click follow so you don’t miss it 🔔 open.spotify.com/show/3UVX9xJ...

The early line-up: The early lineup: 🎙️ Winnie Byanyima, @unaids.org on health & democracy 🎙️ Helen Clark, former NZ PM, on the next pandemic 🎙️ Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng on Ebola 🎙️ Jason Gale, Bloomberg health editor, on COVID’s long shadow

We’re launching a podcast, Global Order, on what happens to health as the rules and institutions the world relied on for 80 years come apart. A moment of danger, but also a chance to build something better. Click follow so you don’t miss it 🔔 open.spotify.com/show/3UVX9xJ...

Today, our director Matthew Kavanagh, PhD co-authored a research paper in the New England Journal of Medicine which finds that economic inequality, not conventional preparedness, is the clearest predictor of how countries fare against pandemics.

The actions governments need to take include protecting people during outbreaks; governing across society, not health alone; fixing the global financial rules and sharing life-saving science.

Today, our director Matthew Kavanagh, PhD co-authored a research paper in the New England Journal of Medicine which finds that economic inequality, not conventional preparedness, is the clearest predictor of how countries fare against pandemics.

The reason is that inequality shapes whether a country can actually mobilise the tools it has: who can afford to stay at home, who trusts public institutions, and who is reached by health services. This makes tackling inequality an essential part of enabling true preparedness.

Today, our director Matthew Kavanagh, PhD co-authored a research paper in the New England Journal of Medicine which finds that economic inequality, not conventional preparedness, is the clearest predictor of how countries fare against pandemics.

The analysis comes from the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics, comprising of Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, leading epidemiologist Professor Sir Michael Marmot, former First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, alongside Professor Kavanagh.

Today, our director Matthew Kavanagh, PhD co-authored a research paper in the New England Journal of Medicine which finds that economic inequality, not conventional preparedness, is the clearest predictor of how countries fare against pandemics.

Next week, our Senior Scholar Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng presents her final report as UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health: "The Right to Health as an Enabler of Dignity." Six years. Countless country visits. A mandate that put dignity at its centre. Watch live on UN WebTV 🧵

📍 June 17 — Interactive Dialogue with UN Member States, 62nd Session. From 10h00, Palais des Nations. 📍 June 18 — Panel of Impact, 14h00, Room III. @Matthew Kavanagh speaking. 📍 June 19 — Side-Event, 08h30, Hotel Royal. Press conference 12h30.

Next week, our Senior Scholar Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng presents her final report as UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health: "The Right to Health as an Enabler of Dignity." Six years. Countless country visits. A mandate that put dignity at its centre. Watch live on UN WebTV 🧵

📍 June 17 — Interactive Dialogue with UN Member States, 62nd Session. From 10h00, Palais des Nations. 📍 June 18 — Panel of Impact, 14h00, Room III. @Matthew Kavanagh speaking. 📍 June 19 — Side-Event, 08h30, Hotel Royal. Press conference 12h30.