Global Health in the Age of COVID-19: Responsive Health Systems Through a Right to Health Fund

• Main Authors: Eric A. Friedman (Author), Lawrence O. Gostin (Author), Allan Maleche (Author), Alessandra Nilo (Author), Fogue Foguito (Author), Umunyana Rugege (Author), Sasha Stevenson (Author), Githinji Gitahi (Author), Ana Lorena Ruano (Author), Michele Barry (Author), Sara Hossain (Author), Franciscka Lucien (Author), Itai Rusike (Author), Martin Hevia (Author), Ala Alwan (Author), Edwin Cameron (Author), Paul Farmer (Author), Walter Flores (Author), Adila Hassim (Author), Rosemary Mburu (Author), Joia Mukherjee (Author), Moses Mulumba (Author), Dainius Pūras (Author), Mirta Roses Periago (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We propose that a Right to Health Capacity Fund (R2HCF) be created as a central institution of a reimagined global health architecture developed in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such a fund would help ensure the strong health systems required to prevent disease outbreaks from becoming deva...