Resources

Breaking the inequality-pandemic cycle – Building true health security in a global age

Future disease outbreaks are inevitable. AIDS remains a pandemic. The impact of COVID-19 continues to reverberate. Humanity is in an era characterized by high and persistent inequality and accelerating risk of disease outbreaks and pandemics.

Research on pandemics and inequality conducted by Council members

Inequalities, Pandemics and Social Protection: Evidence review for the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics

The Council commissioned the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), led by Professor Michael Marmot, to conduct an evidence review on the links between social determinants of health and health inequities and pandemics and the role of social protection in mitigating inequities. The aim of this review is to understand how social and economic inequalities affect the course of pandemics, to document the unequal socioeconomic and health impacts of pandemics, and to show how policies shape the prospects for a fair recovery in their aftermath.

Chairs’ Summary on Discussions of Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response and the proposed Accord

This Co-Chairs’ Summary reflects the discussion and debate of the Council and is released as a summary in view of the co-chairs, not a consensus, by Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Her Excellency Monica Geingos, and Professor Michael Marmot.