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There is a new world of challenges for global health governance, with shifting donor priorities, evolving health needs in many low- and middle-income nations, and a development assistance budget that has not increased much since 2010. This section offers an inside look at the ways in which global health governance is adapting to these changes, with a focus on the institutions, rules, and processes that govern the health of people across the world.

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10%

Annual growth in global health aid, 2000-2010

Annual growth in global health aid, 2000-2010 Annual growth in global health aid, 2000-2010

1.3%

Annual growth in global health aid, 2011-2018

Annual growth in global health aid, 2011-2018 Annual growth in global health aid, 2011-2018

1851

First International Sanitary Conference convenes

First International Sanitary Conference convenes First International Sanitary Conference convenes

40

Years since WHO certified smallpox eradication

Years since WHO certified smallpox eradication Years since WHO certified smallpox eradication

14.6 M

Million people on PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS treatment

Million people on PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS treatment Million people on PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS treatment

1948

World Health Organization founded

World Health Organization founded World Health Organization founded

2%

Share of health aid for noncommunicable diseases

Share of health aid for noncommunicable diseases Share of health aid for noncommunicable diseases

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People wait in line to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, donated to Kenya by the UK government, in Nairobi, Kenya, August 8, 2021.

Billions Committed, Millions Delivered [Version 1]
by Samantha Kiernan, Serena Tohme, Gayeong Song - October 28, 2021

The mixed record of vaccine diplomacy and donations

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U.S. President Joe Biden sits in front of a large UShosts a virtual COVID Summit from the White House in Washington, DC, on September 22, 2021.

President Biden's COVID-19 Summit and the Shift in Pandemic Geopolitics

by David P. Fidler

The pandemic is fading in importance for balance-of-power politics

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Both towers of the World Trade Center burn after being hit by planes in New York September 11, 2001.

Q&A with Margaret Hamburg and Tom Frieden on 9/11

by Mary Brophy Marcus

Two former New York City health commissioners and global health leaders look at public health over the past two decades

A green field and trees are the backdrop as two women walk, holding a face mask, in Dutywa, in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, on November 29, 2021. News of the new COVID Omicron variant, now spreading in South Africa, was announced this week.
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The Real Meaning of Omicron

by Charles Holmes

Travel disruptions and shaky financial markets suggest the world is still far from prepared for pandemics

People wait in line to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, donated to Kenya by the UK government, in Nairobi, Kenya, August 8, 2021.
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Billions Committed, Millions Delivered

by Samantha Kiernan, Serena Tohme, Gayeong Song

The mixed record of vaccine donations and diplomacy

Students wear bright orange and blue face paint at an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, in Chandigarh, India, on May 20, 2018.
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Wrong Code

by Deepa Jahagirdar

How many HIV/AIDS deaths are we missing?

Indonesian President Joko Widodo talks with locals during a door to door mass vaccination program against coronavirus disease
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Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Trust

by Christopher Troeger, Thomas J. Bollyky

Science alone won't pull us out of the pandemic

People wander through a COVID memorial made of 26,661 white flags at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California, on November 20, 2021.
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No Future But A Shared Future

by Lawrence O. Gostin, Kevin A. Klock, Sam F. Halabi, Katie Gottschalk, Katherine Ginsbach

An excerpt from "Legal Tools for Pandemic Preparedness"

Medical staff transport a COVID-19 patient from Brno to Prague, Czech Republic, on November 25, 2021.
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The Case Against a Pandemic Treaty

by David P. Fidler

Strengthening global health governance after COVID-19 does not require a pandemic treaty

A mother and her son walk after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S.,as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
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The Mexico-United States Border, COVID-19, and Global Health Diplomacy

by Germán Guerra, Emanuel Orozco Nuñez, Frida Romay, V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder

Mexico and the United States need to reformulate their bilateral health diplomacy in the aftermath of COVID-19

Relatives of a man who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mourn during his cremation at a crematorium ground in Srinagar May 25, 2021.
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Countries Hit Hardest by COVID-19

by Maja Pašović, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Christopher Troeger, Theo Vos, Rafael Lozano

The numbers could surprise you

A man waits to cross a street in front of Shinjuku station, a normally crowded street during the weekend, after the government expanded a state of emergency to include the entire country last week following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, April 19, 2020
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Up and Out of the Darkness

by Ted Alcorn

COVID-19 forced many into isolation, bringing attention to the long-term effects of loneliness on health

Humayun's Tomb was lit up pink and green to celebrate India’s milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, in New Delhi, India, on October 21, 2021.
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The Pandemic and the Future of India's Foreign Policy

by Šumit Ganguly

Mismanagement of COVID-19 at home squandered India's advantages in vaccine diplomacy

U.S. President Joe Biden attends the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy, on October 30, 2021.
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The G20 Disappoints on Global Health, but That's OK with the United States 

by David P. Fidler

U.S. foreign policy on global health did not require the G20 Summit to be transformative 

Members of the Tongan community dance at a drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic in Onehunga during a single-day vaccination drive, aimed at significantly increasing the percentage of vaccinated people in the country, in Auckland, New Zealand, October 16, 2021.
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The End of New Zealand's Zero-COVID Policy

by Jennifer Curtin

Many worry it will magnify existing inequalities