scholarly journals The Challenge of Vaccine Nationalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keltie Hamilton ◽  
Devanshi Shah ◽  
Danica Fitzsimmons
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Individual Health ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Global Health Policy ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
Global Health Equity

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on global health for almost two years, resulting in nearly 200 million cases and over 4 million deaths worldwide. Despite a range of non-invasive public health measures, (i.e. physical distancing, and masks) vaccines have been one of the more critical and effective interventions to slow the pandemic. Produced at record-breaking speeds, the highly efficacious mRNA vaccines represented hope for many. Including global health organizations who have called for strategies to maximize vaccine equity since their conception. While many high-income countries (HICs) agreed to prioritize global vaccine equity; in truth, individual health outweighed community health. The reality of HICs vaccine purchasing behaviors and distribution have exposed a different agenda - one that aligns with a neoliberal emphasis on individuals and profits at the expense of global good. This commentary questions the efficacy of global health agreements and the commitment from wealthy countries to address global health inequities through a one health framework. Ultimately, concluding that the path to global vaccine equity will require a commitment to global good. Vaccine nationalism and lack of equitable global health policy continues to fuel a never-ending health crisis. HICs must be held accountable for the lack of commitment to global health equity.

Governance and Administration in Global Health Organizations

2019 ◽  
pp. 546-564
Author(s):  
Carmen Huckel Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
Organizational Sociology ◽  
Global Health Policy ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
Multiple Levels

The so-called golden era of global health, spanning approximately 1998–2008 was marked not only by an increase in funding and political attention, but arguably by a radical change in the processes of global health policy making. The establishment and consolidation of new global health organizations during this era has been analysed primarily from the perspective of International Relations and questions surrounding legitimate governance beyond the state. Far less attention has been paid to the internal structures and cultures of these new organizations. This includes how they create and reflect new standards of transnational administration, management, and oversight, such as integration of state and non-state actors, formalized input from technical and financial committees, and organizational structures that separate multiple levels of oversight and accountability. This chapter argues for greater attention to be paid to these structural features of global health organizations from a multi-disciplinary perspective incorporating public administration, corporate governance, and organizational sociology.

Obesity – a global health crisis

2014 ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
Hannah Brinsden
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health Crisis

Divergent Perspectives in Global Health Governance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Prah Ruger
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Global Public Good ◽  
Global Health Governance ◽  
Actor Model ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Rational Actor ◽  
Global Health Policy ◽  
Self Interest

The global health governance (GHG) literature frames health variously as a matter of security and foreign policy, human rights, or global public good. Divergence among these perspectives has forestalled the development of a consensus vision for global health. Global health policy will differ according to the frame applied. Fundamentally, GHG today operates on a rational actor model, encompassing a continuum from the purely self-interest-maximizing position at one extreme to a more nuanced approach that takes others’ interests into account when making one’s own calculations. Even where humanitarian concerns are clearly and admirably at play, however, the problem of motivations remains. Often narrow self-interest is also at work, and actors obfuscate this behind altruistic motives.

scholarly journals 2020 FDA TIDES (Peptides and Oligonucleotides) Harvest

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Othman Al Musaimi ◽  
Danah Al Shaer ◽  
Fernando Albericio ◽  
Beatriz de la Torre
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Drug Administration ◽  
Mode Of Action ◽  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Food And Drug Administration ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
New Drug ◽  
Target Mode ◽  
The Us

2020 has been an extremely difficult and challenging year as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and one in which most efforts have been channeled into tackling the global health crisis. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved 53 new drug entities, six of which fall in the peptides and oligonucleotides (TIDES) category. The number of authorizations for these kinds of drugs has been similar to that of previous years, thereby reflecting the consolidation of the TIDES market. Here, the TIDES approved in 2020 are analyzed in terms of chemical structure, medical target, mode of action, and adverse effects.

scholarly journals Medicines dispensing practice during the era of COVID-19 pandemic: a commentary

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemmechu Hasen ◽  
Rashed Edris ◽  
Gadisa Chala ◽  
Yesuneh Tefera ◽  
Hawi Hussen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Resource Limited Settings ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Drug Dispensing ◽  
Resource Limited ◽  
Retail Outlets ◽  
Jimma Town

AbstractThe coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic is putting a huge strain on healthcare systems and is a turning point for the beginning of a global health crisis of an unprecedented condition. As such, the provision of quality pharmacy services particularly, dispensing practice with pre-existing challenges in resource-limited settings is a grave concern in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, in this commentary we described the pattern of dispensing practice in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic by evaluating the current condition of drug dispensing practice in drug retail outlets of Jimma Town.

scholarly journals The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Religious Exercise: Preliminary Remarks

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Adelaide Madera
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Legal Contexts

Since 2020, the spread of COVID-19 has had an overwhelming impact not only on our personal lives, but also on domestic regulatory frameworks. Influential academics have strongly underlined that, in times of deep crisis, such as the current global health crisis, the long-term workability of legal systems is put to a severe test. In this period, in fact, the protection of health has been given priority, as a precondition that is orientating many current legal choices. Such an unprecedented health emergency has also raised a serious challenge in terms of fundamental rights and liberties. Several basic rights that normally enjoy robust protection under constitutional, supranational, and international guarantees, have experienced a devastating “suspension” for the sake of public health and safety, thus giving rise to a vigorous debate concerning whether and to what extent the pandemic emergency justifies limitations on fundamental rights. The present paper introduces the Special Issue on “The crisis of the religious freedom during the age of COVID-19 pandemic”. Taking as a starting point the valuable contributions of the participants in the Special Issue, it explores analogous and distinctive implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in different legal contexts and underlines the relevance of cooperation between religious and public actors to face a global health crisis.

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