Access to Evidence-Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
Ensuring access to evidence-based treatment for people with substance use disorders in correctional settings, courts, and the child welfare system.
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Supporting community efforts to ensure access to quality oral health services in the Metropolitan Washington region, regardless of zip code.
Learn MoreAddressing Policy Barriers to PrEP Uptake and Planning for Long-Acting Agents
Examining critical policy issues that impact access, availability, and acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and long-acting agents for HIV treatment and PrEP.
Learn MoreAdvanced HIV Disease
Engaging in evidence-based advocacy to advance timely scale-up and access to affordable optimal tools to screen, prevent, diagnose, and treat advanced HIV disease.
Learn MoreBelén Ríos Health and Human Rights Scholarship
In memory of Belén Ríos’ leadership in health and human rights, and to honor a legal career dedicated to social justice and civil society.
Learn MoreBlantyre Prevention Strategy
Developing a replicable model for effective HIV prevention by defining, optimizing, and embedding core capabilities to successfully end the epidemic and strengthen health security.
Learn MoreBlueprint for HIV Biomedical Prevention Project
Examining the status of biomedical HIV prevention research and implementation in the United States.
Learn MoreClimate Change
Working at the intersection of climate, health, and community resilience to prepare frontline residents for the impacts of climate change.
Learn MoreCommunity-Led Monitoring of Health Services
Building accountability and improving the quality of health services through community-led, routine data collection and evidence-based advocacy.
Learn MoreConfronting Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment
Preventing and addressing sexual misconduct in the international development and humanitarian assistance sectors.
Learn MoreCOVID-19 and Addiction Policy
Advocating for increased access to treatment, medications, and support services for substance use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn MoreDiagnostics Equity Consortium
Building an evidence-based diagnostics advocacy agenda and fostering partnerships with civil society to advance equitable access to diagnostics.
Learn MoreEnsuring Access to Life-Saving mAbs
Promoting increased regional manufacturing, affordability, and innovation of monoclonal antibodies to address inequitable access to life-saving biologics.
Learn MoreEthics of Big Data for Disease Prevention
Supporting countries in more efficient resource allocation decisions by improving information and driving programs toward greater impact.
Learn MoreGlobal Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments
Tackling unhealthy diets as a modifiable risk factor for diet-related noncommunicable disease through legal and policy scholarship, capacity building, and technical assistance.
Learn MoreGlobal Health Governance
Rethinking the global health governance architecture to promote equity, access, and accountability.
Learn MoreGlobal Politics of COVID-19
Analyzing national and international responses to COVID-19 and advocating for science-, equity-, and human rights-based policies.
Learn MoreHealth and Care Worker Policy Lab
About Recognizing the work of health and care workers even as their health and safety were not adequately protected during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Assembly (WHA) requested in
Learn MoreHealth Care Litigation Tracker
Addressing the role that the courts play in shaping U.S. health care policy
Learn MoreHealthy Food Law and Policy Scholarship
The Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments awards scholarships to select exceptional students with a strong substantive interest in food law and policy and the potential to contribute
Learn MoreHepatitis Policy Project
Working at the intersection of law and policy with the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis in the United States.
Learn MoreHIV Policy Lab
Tracking, measuring, and improving HIV-related law and policy environment in countries around the world.
Learn MoreHIV Policy Project
Working to maintain and bolster the U.S. response to the domestic HIV epidemic, including efforts to sustain, advance, and adapt the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
Learn MoreHIV Prevention Policy Project
Engaging with people living with HIV, researchers, and federal, state, and local policymakers to understand and advance effective HIV prevention in the United States.
Learn MoreImproving Laws and Policies for Sex Workers
Exploring the impact of and recommending reforms to laws and policies that improve the health and well-being of sex workers in Washington, D.C.
Learn MoreIncreasing Access to TB Innovations
Engaging in evidence-based advocacy to advance timely scale-up of affordable optimal tools to better diagnose, treat, and prevent tuberculosis.
Learn MoreIncreasing Legal Preparedness for Pandemics
Building a global network of experts dedicated to promoting and advancing legal preparedness around the world for an effective response to health emergencies.
Learn MoreInequality and Pandemics
Working to better understand and address the ways inequality is driving today’s pandemics and making the world vulnerable to future outbreaks.
Learn MoreInternational Cooperation for Pandemic Preparedness
Strengthening global health security for the future.
Learn MoreJust Purchasing Consortium
Building a movement to bring together workers and universities to make processing plants into safe, healthy, and just workplaces for all.
Learn MoreLabor and Human Rights in the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup
Activating grassroots labor and human rights organizations across 16 host cities for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup in North America.
Learn MoreLaw of International Development Courses
Training lawyers in the principles and practice of international development and humanitarian assistance law and connecting them with practitioners.
Learn MoreLegal Infrastructure for Vaccine Distribution
Supporting the legal environment for rapid global vaccine distribution.
Learn MoreLegal Solutions Network
Supporting governments and policymakers with technical support for health law and policy.
Learn MoreLitigation, Policymaking, and Standard-Setting
Furthering the right to health through participation in a wide range of domestic and international human rights processes and mechanisms.
Learn MoreLonger-Acting HIV Treatment and Prevention Policy Project
Addressing policy issues and developing the capacity and tools to deliver long-acting products for HIV treatment and prevention.
Learn MoreMaximizing the Impact of Opioid Litigation Settlements
Identifying strategies to optimize the design and impact of settlements and judgments related to the opioid crisis.
Learn MoreMeasuring HIV Prevention
Bringing clarity to the measurement of HIV prevention programs and driving these programs toward greater impact.
Learn MoreNoncommunicable Diseases and the Law
Preventing and reducing the impacts of noncommunicable diseases through law and policy, from prevention to management.
Learn MorePartnerships with the International Development Community
Connecting law students with the development community and global law firms for hands-on experience with international development and humanitarian assistance law.
Learn MorePromoting Human Rights in Families
Positioning human rights as fundamental to guaranteeing the well-being of families.
Learn MoreRecovery Policy Collaborative
Supporting and developing a community of leaders with lived experience of addiction and recovery.
Learn MoreSexual and Reproductive Health and the Law
Maximizing the role of law and policy in improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
Learn MoreSupporting A New International Pandemic Agreement
Working to serve as a legal resource for the development of an international pandemic agreement and to provide technical legal assistance to the treaty decision makers.
Learn MoreThe Americans with Disabilities Act and Substance Use Disorder
Applying a disability rights framework to enhance protections for people with substance use disorder.
Learn MoreThe Lancet-O’Neill Commission on Global Health and the Law
Examining the vital role of law in responding to major global health challenges.
Learn MoreThe Maeve McKean Women’s Law and Public Policy – O’Neill Institute Fellowship
In memory of Maeve McKean’s dedication to public service, and to honor a legal career devoted to serving others.
Learn MoreThe Nature Medicine Commission on Quality Health Information for All
The Nature Medicine Commission on Quality Health Information for All will confront the significant health communication challenges of today’s highly charged political and digital environment.
Learn MoreThe O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health
Through leveraging partnerships, engaging communities, and conducting empirical research to understand racism and structural discrimination in global health, the Commission seeks to advance equity and improve health outcomes around the world.
Learn MoreUN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
About Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, also known as Dr. T, is a distinguished lecturer at the O’Neill Institute, who was appointed the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone
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