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Quarterly Opinion
December 2024 Lawrence O. Gostin, Alexandra Finch, Adi Radhakrishnan, Eric A. Friedman,
In every major global health milestone in our lifetimes, the United States has been at the forefront—from smallpox eradication in 1980 and the… More
Quarterly Article
February 2024 Jonathan C. Heller, Marjory L. Givens, Sheri P. Johnson, David A. Kindig,
When the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) published their framework for the social… More
April 2023 Lawrence O. Gostin, Eric A. Friedman, Alexandra Finch,
The United Nations (UN) created the World Health Organization (WHO) as its first specialized agency out of the ruins and atrocities of World War II.… More
May 2020 Lawrence O. Gostin, Sarah Wetter,
On April 14, 2020, President Trump announced the suspension of funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) for 60 to 90 days to investigate… More
