Breaking state-centric shackles in the WHO: Taiwan as a catalyst for a new global health order

• Main Authors: LIN, Ching-Fu, LIU, Han-wei, WU, Chien-Huei
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: WHO; COVID-19; Sovereignty; global health governance; trans-governmental network; global heath order; Westphalia; Asian Studies; Health Law and Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4425; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/6383/viewcontent/fulltextRepo.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

After World War II, states established World Health Organization (WHO), recognizing that “the health of all peoples is fundamental to the attainment of peace and security.” This aspiration, embedded in GlobalHealth governance, introduces a paradox vis-à-vis the WHO’s state-centric institutional desi...