Alexandra Phelan

Assistant Professor, Georgetown University and Freelance Writer at Freelance

Articles

Radicalisation through Gaming: The Role of Gendered Social Identity

Dec 17, 2024 | rusi.org | Jessica White |Claudia Wallner |Galen Lamphere-Englund |Love Frankie |Rachel Kowert |Linda Schlegel | +5 more

This project aims to understand, through a gender and intersectional lens, how socialisation processes coupled with exposure to harassment, hate-based discrimination and extreme content can potentially lower resilience to radicalisation in gaming.
The Resurgence of Mpox in Africa

Aug 20, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Caitlin M. Rivers |Alexandra Phelan

A rapidly growing mpox outbreak is heightening concern over a potential multicountry epidemic or even a new pandemic. This year alone, there have been more than 17 000 suspected (2863 confirmed) cases of mpox across the African continent, with the majority in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).1 This represents a marked acceleration compared with previous years.
Global health reform must continue amid new infectious disease threats

Aug 2, 2024 | bmj.com | Alexandra Phelan |Benjamin Mason Meier |Roojin Habibi |Lawrence O. Gostin

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Despite False Claims, an Equitable Pandemic Treaty Would Make Us All Safer | Common Dreams

May 30, 2024 | commondreams.org | Alexandra Phelan

This week, World Health Organization member states meeting at the World Health Assembly are widely expected to extend negotiations for a new pandemic treaty after talks collapsed last Friday. The political blowback and disinformation campaign against the treaty have been fierce. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) claimed the “WHO agreement may contravene the First Amendment.” It doesn’t.
Ignore the disinformation - the US is safer with a global pandemic treaty

May 30, 2024 | thehill.com | Alexandra Phelan |Lawrence O. Gostin

This week, World Health Organization (WHO) member states meeting at the World Health Assembly are widely expected to extend negotiations for a new pandemic treaty after talks collapsed last Friday. The political blowback and disinformation campaign against the treaty have been fierce. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) claimed the “WHO agreement may contravene the First Amendment.” It doesn’t.
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May 30, 2024 | commondreams.org | Alexandra Phelan

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The world needs the new pandemic treaty

May 27, 2024 | statnews.com | Alexandra Phelan |Lawrence O. Gostin

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, 25 heads of government issued an extraordinary call for a new international treaty for preventing, preparing for, and responding to pandemics. For two years, World Health Organization member states have been negotiating an international agreement scheduled for adoption at the World Health Assembly this month. Yet, late Friday in Geneva, negotiations ground to a halt.
Getting in Formation: WHO Constitutional Heads of Power and the Pandemic Agreement

Mar 13, 2024 | opiniojuris.org | Alexandra Phelan

[Alexandra L Phelan is an international lawyer, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Save lives in the next pandemic: ensure vaccine equity now

Feb 23, 2024 | nature.com | Alexandra Phelan

Since 2022, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have been negotiating a new treaty — provisionally termed the Pandemic Agreement. If adopted, it would transform how the world handles pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. Opinions differ on what negotiators should prioritize. But no issue has captivated public attention as much as vaccine equity — or done more to bring countries to the negotiating table.