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Infectious Disease and Justice

Pathogens do not respect borders, and background conditions of inequality mean that certain people—particularly the poor and—predictably suffer the most when new health risks emerge. GHJP’s work in this area focuses on key structural factors associated with the transmission and effects of infectious disease, marshaling existing data, and doing new research to support public health and clinical interventions, social and political initiatives that will lessen risks and harms.