July 27, 2020 – TAG and the Center for Economic and Social Rights produced this joint publication, as part of CESR’s COVID-19 “Recovering Rights” series of briefs.

Healthcare is a human right – but what does that mean during the COVID-19 pandemic? This brief offers a series of recommendations for governments and pharmaceutical companies to follow that will ensure equal access and distribution of COVID-19 research, testing, treatment, and even an eventual vaccine.

We need a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but as Ensuring Universal Access to COVID-19 Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention emphasizes, it’s vital that recovery is an equitable one.