Grateful to O'Neill Institute Matthew Kavanagh [email protected] Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social for work we did on this paper- During the COVID pandemic, pharma companies leveraged vaccine contracts to dictate policy on vaccine indemntification, IP & export controls to the SA government... LINK: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

MUST READ: Law and power in pandemic negotiations: Policymaking via contract in SA dealings with COVID vaccine companies 🖋 Fatima Hassan Matthew Kavanagh [email protected] Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social 📲 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Secret negotiations that were largely controlled by pharma co.s reinforced global inequality.

Human rights are key to pandemic response, but today face major headwinds. Join me and Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng on Sept 8 for a discussion the right to health in the face of pandemics in today's geopolitical environment Georgetown Law Georgetown University School of Health RSVP: forms.gle/MVXjCUT58aka5e… #globalhealth

This human y’all Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng

first sign of life from the US administration on global HIV. Plan to buy Lenacapavir is a good step, an actual investment in prevention. A strategy that centers buying commodities is not the worst option in this moment from this administration. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Qs reporters & Congress shld ask: 1. Why only 2 million when need is at least 10x? can’t be that you don’t have enough money because Congress already gave it… 2. What is the scientific basis for saying you want to tell countries to only use Len for pregnant & breast feeding ppl?

Standing room only for UNSR Dr T lecture at @gtownsoh.bsky.social @georgetownlaw.bsky.social “Pandemics and Politics: A Right to Health Perspective”

"Imagine a new HIV prevention tool existed that could – if it reached the right people – flick the switch to prevent almost all new HIV cases across the world... Fatima Hassan , Leena Menghaney, and Bellinda Nkoana brilliant piece Health Justice Initiative - HJI spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/09/09/a-n…