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ArticleGlobal health promotion2024

Rethinking the World Health Organization's leadership of global health governance and the global health surveillance systems.

Mohammed Alkhaldi, Hamza Meghari, Marina AlBada

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Article in Global health promotion, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Mohammed AlkhaldiMcGill University, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Sciences, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5609-3806
Hamza MeghariUniversity College London UCL, Institute of Child Health, Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation Department, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3571-1940
Marina AlBadaThe University of Edinburgh, Global Health Policy (MSc), School of Social and Political Science, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global health governance is a strategic priority for the World Health Organization (WHO), and the public health surveillance system (PHSS) is a fundamental element of the global health governance structure to timely identify emerging diseases and guide global public health decisions and actions. This analysis explores the overall landscape of global health governance, with a specific focus on the PHSS to understand whether the existing governance landscape facilitates or undermines the WHO's ability to formulate and implement global health policies and initiatives. To achieve this, the existing evidence was reviewed, and synthesized with the experts' perspectives. It is reported that fragmentation is the main drawback of the global health governance landscape, necessitating reorganization and restructuring. The disintegration of PHSS at the global, regional and local levels is associated with a lack of leadership, misalignment with global health priorities, imbalance in coverage of surveillance systems, inadequate innovative technology and digitalization, and fragmented data and information systems. The fragmentation and disintegration of global health governance undermine the effectiveness of the WHO's global health strategic directions and programmes and hinder its ability to govern and guide the global, regional and national public health emergency response. Strategic rethinking of the WHO's governance is essential because strong governance and leadership lead to a robust, aligned and effective PHSS.

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Global HealthLeadershipWorld Health OrganizationHealth PolicyHumansPublic Health Surveillanceglobal health governancepublic health surveillance systemsWHO’s mandate

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PMID38287270
PMCPMC11568638

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