The normative authority of the World Health Organization

被引：59

作者：

Gostin, L. O. ^{[1
]}

Sridhar, D. ^{[2
]}

Hougendobler, D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Georgetown Univ, Ctr Law, 600 New Jersey Ave, Washington, DC 20057 USA

[2] Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Populat Hlth Sci, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

PUBLIC HEALTH | 2015年 / 129卷 / 07期

关键词：

World Health Organization; Global governance;

D O I：

10.1016/j.puhe.2015.05.002

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The World Health Organization (WHO) was born after the devastation of World War II, as a normative agency endowed with unprecedented constitutional powers. But even as it has achieved stunning successes, such as the eradication of smallpox, it has failed to live up to the exalted expectations of the postwar health and human rights movement - exemplified most recently by its inadequate response to the Ebola epidemic. Our aim is to offer innovative ideas for restoring the Organization to its leadership position by exercising its normative authority, even as it faces a crowded and often chaotic global health architecture. Before doing so, it will be helpful to summarize the main tensions the Organization faces in today's global health landscape. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Royal Society for Public Health.

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