Insights & Analysis
Peer-informed research briefs, policy commentary, and long-form analysis on international health governance.
UK 'to face repeat lockdowns' as taxpayers fund pandemic treaty that risks 'same playbook again', new report warns
A new World Health Organisation agreement on how countries respond to pandemics will lead to repeated lockdown-style measures, a former lead scientist at the institution has warned.
Crunch Time for the WHO: Put the Right to Health Sovereignty Back at the Centre or Be Abolished Entirely
The International Health Reform Project calls for transformative reform of the WHO, arguing that recent practice has subordinated core ethical principles to abstract notions of collective security.
What a New WHO Director-General Should Try to Do
Leadership at WHO today is less about issuing new strategies and more about resetting expectations—about what the organization can do, what it should stop doing, and how honestly it should speak when evidence is uncertain or inconvenient.
The Global Health Accountability Index
A structured framework for assessing transparency, evidence standards, and governance of global health institutions that shape national policy.