What explains the variation in how states collectively deal with public health challenges
across different regions? We tackle this puzzle by comparing the regional health …

Although the COVID-19 pandemic had claimed over one million lives globally by late 2020,
Africa had avoided a massive outbreak. Patterson and Balogun analyze pandemic …

Background A key purpose of the International Health Regulations (IHR) is to prevent
unwarranted interruptions to trade and travel during large and/or transnational infectious …

COVID-19 has exposed profound governance challenges that demand more diverse and
creative approaches to global health governance moving forward. This article works towards …

It'sa cliché to say that diseases do not respect national borders, but the realities of this
aphorism present serious and significant challenges to the global community. Health and …

Failure to access reproductive health care is a threat to the security of women around the
world. This article offers three propositions to recognize reproductive health as a matter of …

Health crises pose fundamental challenges to international relations and have been a major
focal point of contests for global influence, particularly in the global South, where such crises …

This article presents key results from a comparative qualitative Social Policy study of nine
African regional economic communities'(RECs) regional health policies. The article asks to …

This article outlines an agenda for political science engagement with global mental health.
Other social sciences have tackled the topic, investigating such questions as the link …

Tanzania received significant global attention for its COVID-19 response during the first year
of the pandemic. It did not share pandemic statistics, require masks, implement lockdowns …