Can geopolitics derail the pandemic treaty?

BMJ. 2021 Nov 26:375:e069129. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-069129.

Abstract

During the pandemic, the world has experienced how the geopolitics of global health have immediate, ruthless repercussions for the lives and livelihoods of billions, say Ilona Kickbusch and Anna Holzscheiter. The challenge of a pandemic treaty negotiation process is to be responsive to these interconnected levels of geopolitics

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / diagnosis
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology
  • COVID-19 / prevention & control
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • China
  • Economics / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Geography / economics
  • Geography / statistics & numerical data
  • Global Health / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Health Inequities
  • Health Services Accessibility / economics
  • Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination / ethics
  • International Cooperation / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Pandemics / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Political Systems / economics*
  • Political Systems / statistics & numerical data
  • SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
  • United States
  • World Health Organization / organization & administration