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Judging in the Pandemic – A Malawian Perspective

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By Zione Ntaba Malawi is not a stranger to public health crises in the last number of years, having faced a severe HIV epidemic and several cholera outbreaks continuing into 2023. Nevertheless, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a major panic in the country’s legal system and judiciary.

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Reviewing Solidarity in the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

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By Eduardo Arenas Catalán The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles), entail a notable attempt to consolidate lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. by requiring barriers like intellectual property to be human rights compliant; Principle 27.2(a),

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

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COVID-19 and the U.S. health system The COVID-19 pandemic had devastating effects on the United States, and brought these long standing health inequities and policy failures – from resource allocation to public health coordination – into the view of the general American public.

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Ron DeSantis signs bills to train, retain healthcare workers Tampa health care REIT pays $86M for Texas, Arizona portfolio GEORGIA 9 Georgia hospitals earn awards for patient safety Another inmate escapes Grady Memorial Hospital CHI Memorial breaks ground on new North Georgia hospital CON overhaul gains final passage in General Assembly Ga.

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A Different Future Was Possible: Reflections on the US Pandemic Response

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But to focus on these failures risks forgetting the collective framing and collective policy response that dominated the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This dangerously obscures what went wrong and limits our political imagination for the future of the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging crises.

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