ABSTRACT
This chapter puts forward the hypothesis that the primary constraint to the development and appropriate application of global health law relates to the scarcity of institutions providing appropriate training to the spectrum of cadres required to develop, implement, and evaluate global health laws. The paper begins by drawing on the rapidly changing global health landscape and identifying both the growth in demand and needs for global health laws. It follows with an empirical analysis of the state of global health law training, pointing to a severe supply-side gap in the number and range of training institutions and qualified graduates. Drawing on recommendations for reform from the Lancet Commission on Health Professionals for a New Century in 2010, the paper puts forward strategies to strengthen individual and institutional capacities for developing and applying global health law and, hence, shore up the human resource gap.
