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The drum beat of my doctorate & work in international law & infectious disease has been: laws & norms, laws & norms.

Over last 4 years we've seen:
- Int'l level: int'l health laws ignored & norms weakened.
- National: chronic underfunding & dismissal of evidence-base.

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2 years ago, I gave a talk @SydneyLawSchool @SydneyHealthLaw @USSC on this issue: rise of populism and impacts on global health (link below). I looked at how Australia & the US were underprepared for the next pandemic.

In the last line I said:

soundcloud.com/sydneylawschoo…
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Last year, we launched the International Law Impact & Infectious Disease Consortium at @georgetown_ghss out of our concerns about the weakening of international laws and its impact on global health pandemic preparedness (but we need funding). (3/4)

ghss.georgetown.edu/iliaid/
Finally, @RebeccaKatz5 & I wrote this at the beginning of the outbreak @ThinkGlobalHlth @CFR_org (4/4)

thinkglobalhealth.org/article/why-gl…
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