WHO's to blame? The World Health Organization and the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa

被引：71
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作者：
Kamradt-Scott, Adam [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Sydney, Ctr Int Secur Studies, Dept Govt & Int Relat, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
来源：
THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY | 2016年 / 37卷 / 03期
关键词：
World Health Organization; principal-agent theory; security; health; Ebola; MANAGEMENT; REFORMS;
D O I：
10.1080/01436597.2015.1112232
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
Since 2001 the World Health Organization (WHO) has been actively promoting its credentials for managing 'global health security'. However, the organisation's initial response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa has attracted significant criticism, even prompting calls for its dissolution and the creation of a new global health agency. Drawing on principal-agent theory and insights from previous disease outbreaks, this article examines what went wrong, the extent to which the organisation can be held to account, and what this means for the WHO's global health security mandate.
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页数：18
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