New Opinion Piece in PLOS Global Public Health: Who is Really Shaping Global Health Reform?
A new comment by Filipa Alpeza and Afifah Rahman-Shepherd highlights that moving the needle on the reform agenda also depends on buy-in from the organisations affected.
Unpacking organisations’ incentives for change, or lack thereof, and building a common understanding among the leadership, secretariats, and members of organisations, will be crucial for implementation.
The authors conceptualise global health organizations (GHOs) using three broad archetypes—state-based membership (states only), independent membership (non-state only), and mixed membership (state and non-state)—and the three key players that comprise most international organisations—leader(ship), secretariat, and members.
"Conceptualising GHOs in this way allows us to consider how the position of GHOs in reform might be more actively negotiated from within."
Read the opinion piece here: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0007342