Governance within the World Health Assembly: A 13-year analysis of WHO Member States’ contribution to global health governance

Health Policy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tess van der Rijt ◽  
Tikki Pang (Pangestu)
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Health Governance ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Member States ◽  
World Health Assembly ◽  
The World

scholarly journals Global neurosurgery: current and potential impact of neurosurgeons at the World Health Organization and the World Health Assembly. Executive summary of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies–World Health Organization Liaison Committee at the 71st World Health Assembly

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. E18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Rosseau ◽  
Walter D. Johnson ◽  
Kee B. Park ◽  
Miguel Arráez Sánchez ◽  
Franco Servadei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Surgical Care ◽  
Global Surgery ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Federation ◽  
Member States ◽  
World Health Assembly ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Since the creation of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948, the annual World Health Assembly (WHA) has been the major forum for discussion, debate, and approval of the global health agenda. As such, it informs the framework for the policies and budgets of many of its Member States. For most of its history, a significant portion of the attention of health ministers and Member States has been given to issues of clean water, vaccination, and communicable diseases. For neurosurgeons, the adoption of WHA Resolution 68.15 changed the global health landscape because the importance of surgical care for universal health coverage was highlighted in the document. This resolution was adopted in 2015, shortly after the publication of The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery Report titled “Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare and economic development.” Mandating global strengthening of emergency and essential surgical care and anesthesia, this resolution has led to the formation of surgical and anesthesia collaborations that center on WHO and can be facilitated via the WHA. Participation by neurosurgeons has grown dramatically, in part due to the official relations between WHO and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, with the result that global neurosurgery is gaining momentum.

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.

Advancing Human Rights through Global Health Governance

2020 ◽  
pp. 197-218
Author(s):  
Benjamin Mason Meier ◽  
Margherita Marianna Cinà ◽  
Lawrence O. Gostin
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.

The global institutional architecture

2019 ◽  
pp. 320-342
Author(s):  
Ronald Labonté ◽  
Arne Ruckert
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Health Governance ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

There is no global government, but a growing myriad of global governance platforms. Some are intergovernmental (United Nations and affiliated agencies, differing ‘clubs’ of nations such as the G-7 or G-20); others are multi-stakeholder, drawing together governments, private sector interests, civil society organizations, philanthropists, and academics or other prominent individuals. The plurality and questionable democratic legitimacy of many of these governance platforms is problematic in terms of who has authority or influence over global norms and rules affecting the social determinants of health. Four intergovernmental organizations are profiled for the distinct roles they play in global health governance: the World Health Organization (WHO) (nominally the lead global health governance body), the World Bank (whose financial resources eclipse those of the WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (with a particular remit to improve children’s health), and the International Labour Organization (a unique tripartite body advocating for global social protection floors).

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