Rate My Professor Sharifah Sekalala

Her interdisciplinary research lies at the intersection of international law, public policy, and global health, with a focus on global health crises, the role of human rights frameworks in addressing inequalities, health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, international financing institutions, and the rise of non-communicable diseases. She has published extensively in leading journals on these topics. Key works include her book Soft Law and Global Health Problems: Lessons from responses to HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (Cambridge University Press, paperback 2018), "Colonialism in the new digital health agenda" (BMJ Global Health, 2024), "Health and human rights are inextricably linked in the COVID-19 response" (BMJ Global Health, 2020), and "Decolonising human rights: how intellectual property laws result in unequal access to the COVID-19 vaccine" (BMJ Global Health, 2021). Her research has received funding from the Wellcome Trust, ESRC, GCRF, Open Society Foundations, and international organizations. Additional honors include the Feminist Legal Studies Editor's Article Prize 2024, shared for work on feminist approaches to medical supply chains during pandemics. She contributes to policy as a member of the ESRC Strategic Advisory Network.