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Non-State Actors and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

Under international human rights law, States have a positive, primary obligation to ensure that such health care services are of the highest possible quality and accessible to everyone, everywhere, and without discrimination. 3 ICESCR ) for the full realization of the right to health.

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How to Fairly Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Therapies

Bill of Health

The Delta variant led the federal government to resume control over mAb supply and promulgate allocation guidelines. Older and medically vulnerable people who continue to face high risk of COVID-19 illness after vaccination should not be asked to wait in line behind adults who refused vaccines.

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

Bill of Health

On October 8, 2020, Moderna, the maker of one of the first mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. government funding, announced that it felt “a special obligation … to use our resources to bring this pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.” From 2020 to 2022, the U.S.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic, the Failure of the Binary PHEIC Declaration System, and the Need for Reform

Bill of Health

It is not yet clear why the EC, which was summoned on 22 and 23 January 2020, decided that it was “too early to declare a PHEIC.” ” It has been arguably a problem of political pressure by the Chinese delegate, as well as of incapacity of the EC’s members. .”

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Reimagining The Future of Pharmacovigilance (PV): Regulations, Tech, Public Perceptions

HIT Consultant

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the rate of reporting of safety data has been unprecedented with the EMA reporting a 93% increase in the volume of adverse event reports reported in 2021 compared to 2020 1. . New advances in technology (e.g.,

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Reclaiming Global Public Health

Bill of Health

By December 2020, the world had astonishingly powerful tools against COVID-19. New mRNA vaccines, underpinned by decades of public investment , had been authorized by global regulators. Monopoly control presents profound questions for public health governance. By Zain Rizvi.