Universal Participation Without Taiwan? A Study of Taiwan’s Participation in the Global Health Governance Sponsored by the World Health Organization

2017 ◽  
pp. 263-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Kuei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Health Governance ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

s.Two Implementation and Accountability, 9 Advancing Human Rights through Global Health Governance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meier Benjamin Mason ◽  
Cinà Margherita Marianna ◽  
Gostin Lawrence O
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Global Health ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Determinants ◽  
Global Health Governance ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

This chapter addresses the international organizations that have accepted human rights obligations as a way of framing their global health policies, programs, and practices. International organizations within the United Nations (UN) system are engaged in implementing human rights—in both the mission they carry out and the way in which they carry out that mission. The UN has called on all programs, funds, and specialized agencies to mainstream human rights across their efforts, and various agencies have taken up this call to advance human rights for public health – beginning with the evolving role of the World Health Organization and expanding to encompass a sweeping set of international organizations that address health determinants. While there remain obstacles to the systematic operationalization of human rights across the global health governance landscape, international organizations are seeking to integrate their efforts to mainstream human rights in global health.

scholarly journals The WHO—Destined to Fail?: Political Cooperation and the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 588-597
Author(s):  
Eyal Benvenisti
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Health Governance ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Political Cooperation ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Mistaken Assumption ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
High Level

AbstractIn this Essay, I argue that the World Health Organization (WHO) has not been equipped with the necessary authority to adequately fulfill its mission. The WHO was built on the mistaken assumption that attaining adequate global health is a matter of high-level coordination. However, the challenge of global health governance is, crucially, also one of complex political cooperation. I distinguish between different types of cooperation problems faced by the WHO and explain why achieving global health calls for intrusive powers by a governing authority—powers that the WHO does not enjoy.

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