Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics

Publications | July 16, 2026

Pandemic Preparedness in the Real World: A Multi-Country Observational Study of Inequality, Global Health Security, and Poverty

Global health security frameworks assume that reducing global systemic risk from pandemics rests on realizing a set of core national capacities in areas such as disease surveillance, emergency response, and health workforce readiness. But are these the decisive factors in how well countries fare in the real world?

Publications | November 3, 2025

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.

Publications | November 3, 2025

Research on pandemics and inequality conducted by Council members

The world may look back on 2024 as a pivotal time in the fight against AIDS — the start of a revolution in the global biomedical response to HIV using long-acting antiretroviral medicines.

Publications | November 3, 2025

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.

Publications | September 15, 2023

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.