Joe Amon

Joe Amon is a Clinical Professor and the Director of the Office of Global Health at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. He is an epidemiologist who has worked extensively on global health and human rights issues related to HIV/TB, drug policy, and the role of civil society in the response to infectious disease outbreaks and environmental health threats.

 

 

The shadow of a girl receiving an evening meal from a humanitarian service center is cast on a wall in front of her family home in Russeifa, Jordan, on April 28, 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. Picture shows the girl's shadow on an old wall. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Governance

The WHO We Need for the Next Pandemic

by Nina Sun, Joe Amon

The World Health Organization should be more independent, collaborate with NGOs, and increase emphasis on human rights