Covid-19 and the Trials and Tribulations of Global Health Governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6151881 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melanie Ruelens (KU Leuven), Jared Wouters (0000-0001-8200-9102), Jan Wouters (0000-0002-0093-698X, KU Leuven) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 70-98 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Organisations Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1996-7845 • E-ISSN: 2542-2081 |
| Publisher | National Research University, Higher School of Economics (HSE) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17323/1996-7845-2021-02-05 |
| OpenAlex | W3188599385 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the fore significant shortcomings in global health governance. Faced with the rapid international spread of the virus, international actors unsuccessfully attempted a coordinated international response to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak and its far-reaching repercussions. The present article aims to shed light on certain flaws in the existing global health governance architecture that have thwarted both formal—the World Health Organization and the United Nations—and informal international actors—the Group of Seven and the Group of Twenty—in steering the international community through the current global health crisis. It first examines the actions taken by these actors during the Covid-19 pandemic and assesses why they fell short in steering a coordinated international response. Having identified individual states as the real culprits for the inadequate performance, the article discerns the underlying causes of individual states’ hindering of global health multilateralism. Subsequently, it underscores why global health multilateralism remains necessary in a post-Covid-19 world and which international actors should play an active role therein. To conclude, suggestions are given on how the global health governance architecture should be strengthened in a post-Covid-19 world
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Global governance · Global health · Health care · Infectious disease (medical specialty · International health · International Health Regulations · Management · Multilateralism · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Global Security and Public Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · Health Policy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |