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Global health governance post-Covid-19: time for a hierarchical order?
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Abstract The COVID-19 has renovated the debate about global health governance. Many scholars have proposed that the World Health Organization (WHO) should assume the position of a central coordinator with hierarchical powers. This article presents four main objections to this project: the problems with ‘one-... view more
The COVID-19 has renovated the debate about global health governance. Many scholars have proposed that the World Health Organization (WHO) should assume the position of a central coordinator with hierarchical powers. This article presents four main objections to this project: the problems with ‘one-size-fits-all’ policies, the heterogeneous distribution of power within multilateral institutions, the risks of crowding out parallel initiatives, and the democratic principle. Testing the WHO’s ability as a provider of technical information, an OLS regression, analyzing the first year of the coronavirus health crisis, from January 2020 to January 2021, in 37 countries reported in the World Values Survey Wave 7, shows a negative relationship between the population trust in the WHO and the number of cases of COVID-19. This indicates that there is a valid case for countries to strengthen the WHO’s mandate, but not to create a hierarchical global health structure.... view less
Keywords
contagious disease; hierarchy; epidemic; health policy; WHO; sovereignty
Classification
Health Policy
Free Keywords
Global Health Governance; Corona; COVID-19
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 11-30
Journal
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 7 (2021) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA21720011v
ISSN
1857-9760
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed