Alexia Fourage Climate change threatens the right to health. According to the World Health Organization, climate change is already responsible for approximately 150,000 deaths every year.1 It also worsens environmental conditions, contributing to poorer health, nutrition, and water quality. Although natural disasters can strike anywhere, 95% of the deaths caused by them occur in the global South.2 For example, on November 8, 2013, typhoon Haiyan wreaked havoc in the Philippines archipelago, killing thousands of people…
Interview: Brook Baker on Intellectual Property Rights, Free Trade, and Access to Medicines
By Katrina Geddes When I first meet Northeastern University law professor Brook Baker, it’s a bitterly cold day in Boston. It’s a relief to escape into the warmth of Baker’s office, tucked away inside Northeastern’s Cargill Hall, where I am to meet with the prominent professor who focuses on intellectual property, access to medicines, and increasing the legal, economic, and policy response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Baker’s office is…