Global Organizations and the Pandemic


The World Health Organization, also known as WHO, is an agency of the United Nations that specializes in improving international public health conditions.  Since the start of the outbreak of COVID-19, WHO has been providing the public with information and tips to help stop the spread of the virus.  In January 10, 2020, they published a document that serves as a guidance for countries on how to manage an outbreak of a new disease.  This document cover the following topics: Infection prevention and control, laboratory testing, national capacities review tool, risk communication and community engagement, disease commodity package, travel advice, clinical management, and surveillance case definitions.  The website also provides the total number of daily cases in each region.  We are able to see how the effects of following the guidance WHO provided for each country.  Although China originally had the most cases, the country was able to bring down the daily number of cases through enforcing a quarantine and mask rule.  Although the same rules have been enforced in America, there are still some Americans that refuse to follows these rules.  Due to this, we find the daily cases in America slowly rise till this day.

A global organization like WHO offers an international relationship as there are representatives from different countries.  As countries come together during a pandemic, we help each other through developing guidelines for citizens to follow.  These guidelines not only serve for our current pandemic we are currently experiencing, but also help prepare us for future pandemics.  Having a global organization allows third world countries to receive help when needed.  Larger developed nations tend to fend for themselves and do very little to assist countries in need of help.

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2020 at 11:43 PM

    It is interesting that you mention how third world countries get attention from the WHO when in need while first world countries tend to take care of themselves. Do you think this imbalance of power and resources builds mistrust between the WHO and first world super powers? Perhaps these superpowers do not want WHO to have more power? It will be tricky to navigate whether the globalization of health care is perceived as taking resources from superpowers to give to third world countries or if it just means that everyone has the same amount of resources.

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