Who Really Holds the Power in Global Health? | Prof. Lawrence Gostin

Who actually governs global health: WHO, powerful countries, donors, private industry, or law itself? Professor Lawrence O. Gostin, Founding Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University, joins The Scholars Table with Dr Banda for a conversation on law, power, and the next pandemic.One of the most influential voices in global health law, public health ethics, human rights, and pandemic governance, Professor Gostin examines where real power sits in global health decision-making, what the WHO Pandemic Agreement adopted in May 2025 can and cannot do, and the unresolved fight over pathogen access and benefit-sharing heading into 2026.