Global health, aid effectiveness and the changing role of the WHO

Arbeitspapier | Working paper

Since the 1990s the growing number of actors involved has considerably changed the field of global health governance (GHG). Partnerships between states, international governmental organizations (IGOs) such as the WHO, the pharmaceutical industry, and also civil society organizations have helped overcome conflicts between the profit-driven production of medicines and the health needs of poor countries. However, they have also led to a vast entanglement of responsibilities, with the WHO losing its profile as the central authority on global health. In recent years, however, the impacts of the Paris Declaration on GHG and a number of other processes have again strengthened the position of the WHO. (GIGA)

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 8
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; nicht begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: GIGA Focus International Edition (3)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Gesundheitspolitik ; WHO ; internationale Zusammenarbeit ; Entwicklungsland ; Global Governance ; Gesundheitspolitik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hein, Wolfgang ; Kickbusch, Ilona
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien
• (where): Deutschland, Hamburg
• (when): 2010

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-275096
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST