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Assessing the World Health Organization: What does the academic debate reveal and is it democratic?

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  • Moser, Fabian
  • Bump, Jesse B.

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The World Health Organization (WHO), the leading global authority in public health, routinely attracts loud calls for reform. Although Member States negotiate reform internally, academic debate is more public, and can generate ideas and provide independent accountability. We investigate why authors advocate for WHO reform so commonly. We wondered if this literature had potentially useful themes for WHO, what methods and evidence were used, and we wanted to analyze the geography of participation.

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  • Moser, Fabian & Bump, Jesse B., 2022. "Assessing the World Health Organization: What does the academic debate reveal and is it democratic?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 314(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:314:y:2022:i:c:s0277953622007626
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115456
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