World Health Organization and the search for accountability

A Critical Analysis of the New Framework of Engagement With Non-State Actors

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ID5222837
AutoresDanielle Hanna Rached (0000-0002-6759-3459, Universidade de São Paulo), Deisy Ventura (0000-0001-8237-2470, Universidade de São Paulo), Deisy De Freitas Lima Ventura
Año2017
Volumen33
Número6
Páginase00100716-e00100716
Fecha de publicación2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00100716
PMID28678937
OpenAlexW2731384674
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2017000605001
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas11

The article probes the origins and content of the Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA) of the World Health Organization (WHO), approved on May 28, 2016, at the 69th World Health Assembly, which established different rules of collaboration to four categories of actors: nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), private sector entities, philanthropic foundations, and academic institutions. Applying the findings of International Legal Theory and based on extensive documentary research, we sought to determine whether FENSA is an appropriate accountability mechanism according to four functions of accountability: constitutional, democratic, epistemic, and populist. The article concludes that there is a risk of the prevalence of the populist function at the expense of the accountability potential that could result from the better use of the other three accountability functions

Accountability · Democracy · Function (biology) · Political science · Politics · Public relations · State (computer science) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Human Rights and Development · Law · Public Administration