A United Nations Global Health Panel for Global Health Governance

The World Health Organization now relies upon voluntary contributions tied to specific projects, underwriting 75% of operations. A resulting cacophony of non-governmental, foundation, and private sector actors have emerged overlapping and fractionating WHO programs. In this expanding world of “globa...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2013-01, Vol.76 (1), p.12-15
Main Authors: Mackey, Tim K., Liang, Bryan A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coordination
Global health
Global Health - economics
Global health governance
Health Care Rationing
Health policy
Humans
International law
International relations
Leadership
Private sector
Public health
Risk Assessment
Social sciences
United Nations
United Nations - organization & administration
World Health Organization
World Health Organization - organization & administration
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Summary:The World Health Organization now relies upon voluntary contributions tied to specific projects, underwriting 75% of operations. A resulting cacophony of non-governmental, foundation, and private sector actors have emerged overlapping and fractionating WHO programs. In this expanding world of “global health organizations,” WHO's role must be redefined. We propose coordination of global health initiatives through a United Nations Global Health Panel with active participation of WHO. Given recent events, the UN is poised to take a greater leadership role in global health. ► Given funding declines and growing irrelevance, the World Health Organization's role needs to be reassessed. ► We propose a United Nations Global Health Panel to reestablish WHO and improve global health governance. ► The proposal would provide greater policy coherence, advocacy, and potentially improve financing for global health.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.038