Reforming the World Health Organization: what influence do the BRICS wield?

摘要: The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently undergoing fundamental reform that intended to impact its programmes and priority setting financial governing structures. Within the debates, new relations of powers are emerging among traditional donors economies such as ‘BRICS’: Brazil, Russia, India, China South Africa. These five have formally committed ‘to strengthen legitimise WHO coordinating authority in global health’ through principle multilateralism. In this paper, results a qualitative study – based on 21 key informant interviews seeks better understand BRICS’ engagement organisation extent which their action enables these countries influence process were presented. show individual BRICS found natural pairings with each other both particular elements reform, notably governance financing, specific health issues. Whil...