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.
Current and Past Projects
Local
Advocating for harm reduction-based approaches to care for people who use drugs
National
Expanding access to new cures for Hepatitis C
Responding to the justice and rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
Global
Reforming drug laws to quell TB transmission
Seeking U.N. Accountability for Cholera in Post-Earthquake Haiti
Challenging the US Response to the West African Ebola Outbreak
Ensuring a rights-based response to Zika
Reforming Compensation System for Silicosis and TB for Miners in Southern Africa
COVID-19
COVID-19: The Social and Human Costs of Pandemic Response
Responding to the justice and rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
Advocating for harm reduction-based approaches to care for people who use drugs