COVID and the Right to Health

Host

The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law

Attendees

• Brook Baker, Professor of Law, Northeastern University, and Senior Policy Analyst, Health Global Access Project
• Umunyana Rugege, Executive Director of Section 27
• Marlise Richter,  Senior Staff at the Health Justice Initiative
• Lara Stemple (Moderator), Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and International Student Programs Director, Health and Human Rights Law Project

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This conversation centers on equitable vaccine distribution particularly on access to the vaccine in the Global South and what the human rights implications are of the decisions around the vaccine rollout.