Countering emerging infectious diseases and COVID-19 : the development of ASEAN's institutional arrangements and international cooperation

• Main Author: Koga, Kei
• Other Authors: A. P. van der Veere
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam University Press 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science::International relations; ASEAN; Health; Covid-19; Institutional Change; International Institutions; Non-Traditional Security; International Cooperation; Great Power Politics; SARS; Institutional Norms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155557; https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52598
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This chapter argues that ASEAN’s mechanisms to tackle emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) have been developing gradually since the declaration made at the ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM) in 1980. While the 2003 SARS crisis significantly enhanced ASEAN’s cooperation to counter EIDs, ASEAN had a...