Covid-19

The World Community Expects the World Health Organization to Play a Stronger Leadership and Coordination Role in Pandemics Control

Dados Bibliográficos

ID22068186
AutoresLidia Kuznetsova (Universitat de Barcelona, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume8
Páginas470-470
Data de publicação2020-09-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditoraFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2020.00470
PMID33014970
OpenAlexW3083823770
IdiomaEN
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Referências citadas12

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been accompanied by the return of the concept of national state and exhibited signs of crisis of globalism and liberalism. The pandemic affected most aspects of society and human activity, including socioeconomic impact. Economic problems, shortages of medical supplies and personnel, xenophobic sentiments, and misinformation led to the use of unethical practices and human rights violations. To navigate through this crisis, many countries resorted to traditional diplomacy in the absence of effective international instruments. Thus, the world faced the urgent need in functioning global governance. The pandemic also manifested the increasing importance of international organizations as sources of technical expertise, providing scientific basis for politicians to legitimize their decisions and actions. The article addresses the topic of implications of the pandemic for governance and forecasting a post-pandemic future. The research focus of this paper, therefore, is the assessment of the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in prevention and response to pandemics. The work is aimed at identifying the functions of the WHO and assessing its activities in prevention and control of pandemics and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in particular. Furthermore, the objective of this article is to identify gaps in the WHO pandemic control efforts and formulate recommendations on addressing them

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Global health · Health care · Management · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Global Security and Public Health · Medicine · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Virology