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Garrett Wallace Brown

Garrett Wallace Brown is Chair of Global Health Policy at the University of Leeds, UK. His research focuses on global health governance, health financing, health system strengthening, health equity and health emergency preparedness and response. He has conducted policy and research collaborations in global health for over 25 years and has worked with NGOs, governments in Africa, the UK Cabinet Office, World Health Organization, G7 and G20.
 

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Equity with Accountability:  What the UN Political Declaration on Pandemic Preparedness Leaves Unresolved

On 12 October 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR). The World Health Organization welcomed it as a commitment to sustained investment and international cooperation. Supporters hailed a victory for solidarity and equity. Yet adoption of a non-binding ...

Rethinking Global Health Reform After COVID-19: Legitimacy Before Authority

There is considerable interest in reforming global health governance with a plethora of recent reform proposals from actors such as the Wellcome Trust and Health Architecture Reimagined (HEAR). Moreover, in the aftermath of Covid-19 there have been numerous recommendations issued from a wide variety of multilateral and non-governmental actors s...

The World Economic Forum and the Deus Ex Machina of Disease-X

Public health messaging should provide accurate information so that the public and their leadership can formulate appropriate responses, weighed against society’s competing priorities. Planning should then concentrate resources on areas of greatest need with the expectation that they will achieve the greatest benefit. However, policy can beco...

The G7 is set to miss another opportunity for global health leadership

On June 11th the leaders of the G7 will meet in Cornwall to ‘build back better’ from coronavirus. As would be expected, global health security is high on the political agenda, and Boris Johnson, who holds the G7 Presidency, has started to roll out his initiatives. This is not unusual, since the G7 has traditionally played an important role ...