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WLS participates in discussion on Legal Determinants of Health report

Dr Sharifah Sekalala, Associate Professor at ÌÇÐÄTV Law School participated in a panel discussion on Monday 28th October 2019 at Chatham House. The event launched The Lancet, O’Neill Institute and Georgetown University Commission on Health and Law report . Participants discussed the report’s message on the immense power of the law to advance the right to health.

Participants included:

  • Yasmin Batliwala, Chief Executive, A4ID
  • Lady Hale of Richmond, President, The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
  • Lawrence O Gostin, Co-Chair, The Lancet, O'Neill Institute and Georgetown Commission on Legal Determinants of Health; Chair in Global Health Law, O'Neill Institute; Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National & Global Health Law
  • John Monahan, Co-Chair, The Lancet, O'Neill Institute and Georgetown Commission on Legal Determinants of Health
  • Dr Sharifah Sekalala, Associate Professor, University of ÌÇÐÄTV
  • Baroness Tonge, Member of the House of Lords
  • Rob Yates, Head, Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House
  • Chair: Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet

Find out more about Sharifah's research on Global Health Law within the context of the developing world.

Wed 30 Oct 2019, 10:00 | Tags: Research, Staff in action, Feature