Global Health Governance and Reforms in the Post Pandemic World to Address Health Emergencies: A Case Study on World Health Organization (WHO)

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has been able to expose a set of most critical flaws in the global health governance system. As a result, the international community understood the necessity of major reforms to enhance preparedness and coordination to address the health issues in the post pandemic world. In the global arena, World Health Organization is considered as a pivotal institution that contributes to navigate the global health governance. The main research problem of this research is to identify the global health governance and reforms for the WHO. The objective of the study is to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic affected global health governance, highlighting the accomplishments and shortcomings of the current system and the urgent need for reform. It assesses feasible plans for enhancing the organization's capability to successfully address critical health emergencies in the future while guaranteeing equal access to healthcare and vaccines. To achieve the research objective, both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to identify the achievements and shortcomings of the WHO during the pandemic and secondary data will be taken as the main type of data obtained from books, journal articles, and websites. This research provides valuable insights into the evolving landscape of international health governance in the wake of global health emergencies. The study's findings offer critical recommendations that can inform policy decisions and actions aimed at strengthening the WHO's capacity to respond swiftly and efficiently to global health crises and to mitigate future health crises effectively.