Mark Eccleston-Turner

TL;DR: In imposing travel restrictions against China during the current outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), many countries are violating the IHR, according to 16 global health law scholars.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first significant analysis of COVAX, and the extent to which it can be said to have successfully met these aims, and they argue that the success of the CoVAX Facility with respect to equitable access to vaccine is likely to be limited, primarily due to the prevalence of vaccine nationalism, whereby countries adopt policies which heavily prioritize their own public health needs at the expense of others.

TL;DR: The impact of legal determinants of health on the COVID-19 pandemic is evident and multilateral legal agreements could be the path back to global health security and justice by re-establishing norms of international solidarity, committing to global equitable vaccine access initiatives, and laying a foundation for a post-pandemic era built on multilateralism and cooperation.

TL;DR: The argument that the process of health system strengthening provides the most promising mechanism of benefiting both goals is supported, both conceptually and empirically.