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Opinion: how ‘global health governance’ can fight disease across borders

globedark.jpgBy Tikki Pang, Nils Daulaire, Gerald Keusch, Rose Leke, Peter Piot, Srinath Reddy, Andrzej Rys and Nicole Szlezak

The recognition that many diseases present worldwide challenges has spurred nations and institutions to participate in the development of what is known as ‘global health governance’. But this new form of governance will only succeed with strengthened country commitment, collaborations across disparate sectors and improved accountability.

In an era of rapid globalization, the world faces serious global threats to human health, including infectious and chronic diseases, antimicrobial resistance and inequitable access to medicines. Fortunately, since the mid-1990s, recognition of a need for action on global health has led to the creation of many new initiatives and mobilization of unprecedented resources.

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