The Pandemic Treaty, the Pandemic Fund, and the Global Commons
Our scepticism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21879629 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene (0000-0001-7712-6363, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author), Echezona Ejike Udokanma (0000-0002-5597-9709, Coventry University), Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi (0000-0002-2381-0984, University of Oxford), Chinonso Emmanuel Okorie (0000-0002-6472-4345, Doctors without Borders, Musanze, Rwanda), Zacharia Kafuko (Vaccine Equity Advocate, African Chapter of 1Day Sooner, 1Day Africa, Lusaka, Zambia), Hawa Marguerite Conde (Life Sciences and Public Health, IQVIA, Abijan, Côte d'Ivoire), Cynthia Waliaula (Amref Health Africa), Sheila Mburu (0009-0000-3876-8865, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, London, UK) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | e011431 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011431 |
| PMID | 36854490 |
| OpenAlex | W4322627305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 20 |
The call to strengthen global health governance against future outbreaks through a binding treaty on pandemics has attracted global attention and opinion. Yet, few of these perspectives have reflected the voices from early career global health professionals in Africa. We share our perspectives on the Pandemic Treaty, and specifically our scepticism on the limitations of the current top-down approach of the treaty, and the need for the treaty to centre equity, transparency and fairness to ensure equitable and effective cooperation in response to global health emergencies. We also highlight the challenges intergovernmental organisations for health faced in coordinating nation states during the COVID-19 crisis and how a Pandemic Treaty would address these challenges. We argue that lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic provide a critical opportunity to strengthen regional institutions in Africa—particularly in a multipolar world with huge disparities in power and resources. However, addressing these challenges and achieving this transformation may not be easy. Fiscal space in many countries remains constrained now more than ever. New tools such as the Pandemic Fund should be designed in ways that consider the specific needs and capacities of countries. Therefore, strengthening countries’ capacities overall requires an increase in domestic investment. This paper calls for wider structural reforms such as debt restructuring among other tools to strengthen countries’ capacities
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Global health · Health care · Pandemic · Political science · Treaty · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
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| Citations per year | 3.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |