Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

Oluwatemilorun Adepeju Adenipekun is a public health lawyer and a doctoral student at Wake Forest University School of Law. Oluwatemilorun is passionate about ensuring every person has access to health care and is committed to using her dissertation to increase access to information on how governments of low-income countries can achieve this.

People wearing protective face masks wait for their rapid antigen test results outside a community center, amidst the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on September 17, 2020. The photo shows a large crowd of people from behind the bars of an iron fence. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Governance

Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

Governments have an obligation to guarantee the continued protection of the public's rights during and after a pandemic

Students attend a class at the beginning of the school year amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Sanaa, Yemen October 18, 2020. The photo shows a darkened classroom with several students facing the camera. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Governance

COVID-19—A Review of Community Participation

by Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

Citizen participation can reduce damages caused by the pandemic and—crucially—help identify a sustainable path forward