Regional Health Governance Study (RHGS) Research Program

This special issue of the University of Dayton Law Review (Vol. 48, Issue 1, 2023) brings together four scholarly articles examining regional health governance, pandemic preparedness, human rights, and access to medicines within the Inter-American system. Collectively, the articles explore how regional legal and governance frameworks can contribute to more equitable and coordinated responses to public health emergencies.

Articles in this Special Issue:

1. Adequate Preparedness and Response to Future Pandemics through the Creation of a Regional Framework for Health Governance within the Inter-American Human Rights System — Agenda for Future Research: An Introduction

Authors: Uchechukwu Ngwaba and Carlos Bernal

pp. 1–8

2. The Inter-American System’s Efforts to Tackle the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Intersectional, Interdependent, and Indivisible Lenses Approach

Authors: Soledad García Muñoz and Janina Heller

pp. 9–17

3. Mainstreaming ‘One Health’ in the Inter-American Human Rights System’s Pandemic Actions

Author: Christopher Campbell-Duruflé

pp. 18–27

4. Intellectual Property, Access to Medicines and Regionalism

Author: Olasupo Owoeye

pp. 28–34