As we round the grim milestone of a year under the COVID pandemic, conversations now rightfully center on equitable vaccine distribution. This includes looking to South Africa's work with HIV/AIDS treatment, big pharma, and intellectual property rights.  It also means squaring the traditional approaches to public health with the very real risk that by violating human rights to health with COVID vaccines, the entire world is left vulnerable to slipping back into cyclical pandemics because variants are most likely where the vaccine is least present. 

• Moderation by Lara Stemple, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and International Student Programs Director, Health and Human Rights Law Project
• Brook Baker, Professor of Law, Northeastern University, and Senior Policy Analyst, Health Global Access Project
• Umunyana Rugege, Executive Director of Section 27
• Marlise Richter,  Senior Staff at the Health Justice Initiative
• Petition discussed in the episode:  https://tinyurl.com/FTPLC19