Benjamin Mason Meier
@benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social
Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Working at the intersection of #GlobalHealth & #HumanRights benjaminmasonmeier.com
"The U.N. is streamlining as it copes with the fallout from U.S. foreign aid cuts under President Donald Trump that have gutted humanitarian agencies."
This abandonment of U.S. leadership in global health will undermine global governance & cause unnecessary death.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
This abandonment of U.S. leadership in global health will undermine global governance & cause unnecessary death.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"The U.N. is streamlining as it copes with the fallout from U.S. foreign aid cuts under President Donald Trump that have gutted humanitarian agencies."
This abandonment of U.S. leadership in global health will undermine global governance & cause unnecessary death.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
This abandonment of U.S. leadership in global health will undermine global governance & cause unnecessary death.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
New in @jlme-journal.bsky.social:
Legal Preparedness as a Foundation of Global Health Security
doi.org/10.1017/jme....
Advancing Legal Preparedness under the Global Health Security Agenda, we examine the GHSA imperative for capacity building & legal mapping to prepare for future emergencies.
Legal Preparedness as a Foundation of Global Health Security
doi.org/10.1017/jme....
Advancing Legal Preparedness under the Global Health Security Agenda, we examine the GHSA imperative for capacity building & legal mapping to prepare for future emergencies.
August 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New in @jlme-journal.bsky.social:
Legal Preparedness as a Foundation of Global Health Security
doi.org/10.1017/jme....
Advancing Legal Preparedness under the Global Health Security Agenda, we examine the GHSA imperative for capacity building & legal mapping to prepare for future emergencies.
Legal Preparedness as a Foundation of Global Health Security
doi.org/10.1017/jme....
Advancing Legal Preparedness under the Global Health Security Agenda, we examine the GHSA imperative for capacity building & legal mapping to prepare for future emergencies.
Thank you for drawing on our scholarship . . . to strengthen your own.
In these challenging days, I hope that our academic research continues to support your policy analysis to uphold global health and human rights. Pushing ahead.
In these challenging days, I hope that our academic research continues to support your policy analysis to uphold global health and human rights. Pushing ahead.
July 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thank you for drawing on our scholarship . . . to strengthen your own.
In these challenging days, I hope that our academic research continues to support your policy analysis to uphold global health and human rights. Pushing ahead.
In these challenging days, I hope that our academic research continues to support your policy analysis to uphold global health and human rights. Pushing ahead.
It's time to bring everyone back together again — as I prepare the editorial guidance for our contributing authors.
July 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's time to bring everyone back together again — as I prepare the editorial guidance for our contributing authors.
With rising challenges since the 2020 publication of "Foundations of Global Health & Human Rights" global.oup.com/academic/pro..., we are already beginning to develop an updated second edition, looking to the next generation to uphold human rights obligations through the challenging years to come.
July 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
With rising challenges since the 2020 publication of "Foundations of Global Health & Human Rights" global.oup.com/academic/pro..., we are already beginning to develop an updated second edition, looking to the next generation to uphold human rights obligations through the challenging years to come.
Geneva Graduate Institute's Global Health Centre launches a timely discussion:
"Building on Success: Insights, Reflections and next steps for the Pandemic Agreement"
Looking back on the negotiation & content of the #PandemicAgreement, panelists reflect on the multilateral successes & work to come.
"Building on Success: Insights, Reflections and next steps for the Pandemic Agreement"
Looking back on the negotiation & content of the #PandemicAgreement, panelists reflect on the multilateral successes & work to come.
June 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Geneva Graduate Institute's Global Health Centre launches a timely discussion:
"Building on Success: Insights, Reflections and next steps for the Pandemic Agreement"
Looking back on the negotiation & content of the #PandemicAgreement, panelists reflect on the multilateral successes & work to come.
"Building on Success: Insights, Reflections and next steps for the Pandemic Agreement"
Looking back on the negotiation & content of the #PandemicAgreement, panelists reflect on the multilateral successes & work to come.
It was inspiring to join future European leaders at the Global Health Summer School in Salerno, Italy, leading sessions on “Global Health Law” & “Health & Human Rights.”
Thank you to Stefania Negri & the members of the @ghlconsortium.bsky.social who made this summer school a success.
Thank you to Stefania Negri & the members of the @ghlconsortium.bsky.social who made this summer school a success.
June 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It was inspiring to join future European leaders at the Global Health Summer School in Salerno, Italy, leading sessions on “Global Health Law” & “Health & Human Rights.”
Thank you to Stefania Negri & the members of the @ghlconsortium.bsky.social who made this summer school a success.
Thank you to Stefania Negri & the members of the @ghlconsortium.bsky.social who made this summer school a success.
I remain inspired by the work of our Global Health Law Consortium, with our research shaping the most sweeping global health law reforms in a generation — the IHR Amendments & Pandemic Treaty.
Even as we examine the human rights limitations of these WHO reforms, we applaud the governance successes.
Even as we examine the human rights limitations of these WHO reforms, we applaud the governance successes.
June 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I remain inspired by the work of our Global Health Law Consortium, with our research shaping the most sweeping global health law reforms in a generation — the IHR Amendments & Pandemic Treaty.
Even as we examine the human rights limitations of these WHO reforms, we applaud the governance successes.
Even as we examine the human rights limitations of these WHO reforms, we applaud the governance successes.
TODAY at the Health Law Professors Conference
Human Rights Challenges in Global Health Law Reforms
2:30-4:00 (Room 209)
healthlawprofconf.org/session/2d-p...
I look forward to introducing this @ghlconsortium.bsky.social panel, examining human rights limitations in @who.int global health law reforms.
Human Rights Challenges in Global Health Law Reforms
2:30-4:00 (Room 209)
healthlawprofconf.org/session/2d-p...
I look forward to introducing this @ghlconsortium.bsky.social panel, examining human rights limitations in @who.int global health law reforms.
June 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
TODAY at the Health Law Professors Conference
Human Rights Challenges in Global Health Law Reforms
2:30-4:00 (Room 209)
healthlawprofconf.org/session/2d-p...
I look forward to introducing this @ghlconsortium.bsky.social panel, examining human rights limitations in @who.int global health law reforms.
Human Rights Challenges in Global Health Law Reforms
2:30-4:00 (Room 209)
healthlawprofconf.org/session/2d-p...
I look forward to introducing this @ghlconsortium.bsky.social panel, examining human rights limitations in @who.int global health law reforms.
Follow her analysis of the impact of populist nationalism on global health and human rights in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/ref/10.2...
May 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Follow her analysis of the impact of populist nationalism on global health and human rights in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/ref/10.2...
Advancing the GET Webinar on "The Rise of Populist Nationalism and its Effect on Global Health Security," @caitlinrain.bsky.social looks to governance pathways — inside & outside @who.int — to reinforce global health solidarity and safeguard African biosecurity in the face of rising nationalism.
May 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Advancing the GET Webinar on "The Rise of Populist Nationalism and its Effect on Global Health Security," @caitlinrain.bsky.social looks to governance pathways — inside & outside @who.int — to reinforce global health solidarity and safeguard African biosecurity in the face of rising nationalism.
Anuj Kapilashrami & Neil Quinn launch their groundbreaking new text on "Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities: Interrogating Community Development and Participatory Praxis," advocating a "reimagining" of how we bring about participatory change to respond to health challenges.
May 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Anuj Kapilashrami & Neil Quinn launch their groundbreaking new text on "Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities: Interrogating Community Development and Participatory Praxis," advocating a "reimagining" of how we bring about participatory change to respond to health challenges.
And it was inspiring to finish the day with my own UNC students, ending the semester with a virtual May the Fourth office hours and supporting them in completing their final papers on Global Health & Human Rights.
The Force will be with them...always.
The Force will be with them...always.
May 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
And it was inspiring to finish the day with my own UNC students, ending the semester with a virtual May the Fourth office hours and supporting them in completing their final papers on Global Health & Human Rights.
The Force will be with them...always.
The Force will be with them...always.
It was inspiring to start the day with the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, introducing medical students to the importance of global health policy & preparing the IFMSA student delegates for the upcoming World Health Assembly.
The young people will build a healthier world.
The young people will build a healthier world.
May 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It was inspiring to start the day with the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, introducing medical students to the importance of global health policy & preparing the IFMSA student delegates for the upcoming World Health Assembly.
The young people will build a healthier world.
The young people will build a healthier world.
Overcoming the divisions of the COVID response, states came together to reform global health law through the:
* International Health Regulations,
* GHSA Legal Preparedness Action Package &
* Pandemic Agreement.
The culmination of these law reforms offers new hope for global health.
shorturl.at/4qmER
* International Health Regulations,
* GHSA Legal Preparedness Action Package &
* Pandemic Agreement.
The culmination of these law reforms offers new hope for global health.
shorturl.at/4qmER
April 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Overcoming the divisions of the COVID response, states came together to reform global health law through the:
* International Health Regulations,
* GHSA Legal Preparedness Action Package &
* Pandemic Agreement.
The culmination of these law reforms offers new hope for global health.
shorturl.at/4qmER
* International Health Regulations,
* GHSA Legal Preparedness Action Package &
* Pandemic Agreement.
The culmination of these law reforms offers new hope for global health.
shorturl.at/4qmER
The AMWHO conference examined the health risks arising from the US withdraw from WHO — forfeiting US leadership in the World Health Assembly & abandoning American influence in crucial WHO reforms.
The continuing engagement of these AMWHO students leave me with hope for a healthier world to come.
The continuing engagement of these AMWHO students leave me with hope for a healthier world to come.
April 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The AMWHO conference examined the health risks arising from the US withdraw from WHO — forfeiting US leadership in the World Health Assembly & abandoning American influence in crucial WHO reforms.
The continuing engagement of these AMWHO students leave me with hope for a healthier world to come.
The continuing engagement of these AMWHO students leave me with hope for a healthier world to come.
The 11th American Mock World Health Organization conference lnkd.in/ee-pVY9Y has finished. In these uncertain days following the US withdrawal from the WHO, it was an honor to welcome Loyce Page, the last US representative to WHO, to share her experiences & offer her advice for the next generation.
April 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The 11th American Mock World Health Organization conference lnkd.in/ee-pVY9Y has finished. In these uncertain days following the US withdrawal from the WHO, it was an honor to welcome Loyce Page, the last US representative to WHO, to share her experiences & offer her advice for the next generation.
Examining the ethical limitations of cost-benefit analysis, I look forward to guiding my public policy students tomorrow in discussing the differential framings of CDC cuts — either as:
New York Times - an existential crisis for public health or
Washington Post - an economic threat to pharma profits
New York Times - an existential crisis for public health or
Washington Post - an economic threat to pharma profits
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Examining the ethical limitations of cost-benefit analysis, I look forward to guiding my public policy students tomorrow in discussing the differential framings of CDC cuts — either as:
New York Times - an existential crisis for public health or
Washington Post - an economic threat to pharma profits
New York Times - an existential crisis for public health or
Washington Post - an economic threat to pharma profits
Trying to find the right way to pay tribute to Gene Hackman . . . and inspire my students through the challenging days ahead.
“Remember what got you here. Focus on the fundamentals that we’ve gone over time and time again, and – most important – don’t get caught up thinking about winning or losing.”
“Remember what got you here. Focus on the fundamentals that we’ve gone over time and time again, and – most important – don’t get caught up thinking about winning or losing.”
February 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Trying to find the right way to pay tribute to Gene Hackman . . . and inspire my students through the challenging days ahead.
“Remember what got you here. Focus on the fundamentals that we’ve gone over time and time again, and – most important – don’t get caught up thinking about winning or losing.”
“Remember what got you here. Focus on the fundamentals that we’ve gone over time and time again, and – most important – don’t get caught up thinking about winning or losing.”
At CUGH 2025, the Advocacy & Communications Committee presents:
“Global Health in a Divided World: Policy Debates in Health Journals”
Friday, 3:15-4:45
Grand Ballroom D
This late-breaking panel brings together journal editors to discuss how to engage with ongoing global health policy debates.
“Global Health in a Divided World: Policy Debates in Health Journals”
Friday, 3:15-4:45
Grand Ballroom D
This late-breaking panel brings together journal editors to discuss how to engage with ongoing global health policy debates.
February 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
At CUGH 2025, the Advocacy & Communications Committee presents:
“Global Health in a Divided World: Policy Debates in Health Journals”
Friday, 3:15-4:45
Grand Ballroom D
This late-breaking panel brings together journal editors to discuss how to engage with ongoing global health policy debates.
“Global Health in a Divided World: Policy Debates in Health Journals”
Friday, 3:15-4:45
Grand Ballroom D
This late-breaking panel brings together journal editors to discuss how to engage with ongoing global health policy debates.
Given that UNC closed the campus today – designating it a “wellbeing day” to allow students to focus on their own personal wellness – it might not have been the best day to traumatize our students by suspending “all general education requirements…related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
February 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Given that UNC closed the campus today – designating it a “wellbeing day” to allow students to focus on their own personal wellness – it might not have been the best day to traumatize our students by suspending “all general education requirements…related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Just published in @science.org:
A World Less Safe & Secure
We examine how the US withdrawal from @who.int will:
* limit US leadership to protect public health &
* challenge WHO governance in facing global challenges.
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
A World Less Safe & Secure
We examine how the US withdrawal from @who.int will:
* limit US leadership to protect public health &
* challenge WHO governance in facing global challenges.
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
February 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just published in @science.org:
A World Less Safe & Secure
We examine how the US withdrawal from @who.int will:
* limit US leadership to protect public health &
* challenge WHO governance in facing global challenges.
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
A World Less Safe & Secure
We examine how the US withdrawal from @who.int will:
* limit US leadership to protect public health &
* challenge WHO governance in facing global challenges.
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
The past two weeks have been relentlessly challenging for human rights in global health – with many of our initial fears borne out in the rapid
🇺🇳 withdrawal from WHO governance and foreign assistance,
🏥 abandonment of evidence-based public health policy &
⚖️ erosion of democracy and the rule of law.
🇺🇳 withdrawal from WHO governance and foreign assistance,
🏥 abandonment of evidence-based public health policy &
⚖️ erosion of democracy and the rule of law.
February 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The past two weeks have been relentlessly challenging for human rights in global health – with many of our initial fears borne out in the rapid
🇺🇳 withdrawal from WHO governance and foreign assistance,
🏥 abandonment of evidence-based public health policy &
⚖️ erosion of democracy and the rule of law.
🇺🇳 withdrawal from WHO governance and foreign assistance,
🏥 abandonment of evidence-based public health policy &
⚖️ erosion of democracy and the rule of law.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy launched USAID in 1961, establishing U.S. leadership to assist nations throughout the world to prevent disease & promote health.
We must look back on the birth of this U.S. commitment to global health…and the lives lost in today’s abandonment of U.S. leadership.
We must look back on the birth of this U.S. commitment to global health…and the lives lost in today’s abandonment of U.S. leadership.
February 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
U.S. President John F. Kennedy launched USAID in 1961, establishing U.S. leadership to assist nations throughout the world to prevent disease & promote health.
We must look back on the birth of this U.S. commitment to global health…and the lives lost in today’s abandonment of U.S. leadership.
We must look back on the birth of this U.S. commitment to global health…and the lives lost in today’s abandonment of U.S. leadership.
New in @jlme-journal.bsky.social:
How Did Human Rights Fare in Amendments to the International Health Regulations?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Tracing the evolution of human rights under the IHR, we analyze the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of the 2024 amendments.
How Did Human Rights Fare in Amendments to the International Health Regulations?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Tracing the evolution of human rights under the IHR, we analyze the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of the 2024 amendments.
February 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
New in @jlme-journal.bsky.social:
How Did Human Rights Fare in Amendments to the International Health Regulations?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Tracing the evolution of human rights under the IHR, we analyze the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of the 2024 amendments.
How Did Human Rights Fare in Amendments to the International Health Regulations?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Tracing the evolution of human rights under the IHR, we analyze the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of the 2024 amendments.