In this Essay, I argue that the World Health Organization (WHO) has not been equipped with the necessary authority to adequately fulfill its mission. The WHO was built on the mistaken assumption that attaining adequate global health is a matter of high-level coordination. However, the challenge of global health governance is, crucially, also one of complex political cooperation. I distinguish between different types of cooperation problems faced by the WHO and explain why achieving global health calls for intrusive powers by a governing authority—powers that the WHO does not enjoy.

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世卫组织——注定要失败？：政治合作与 COVID-19 大流行

在这篇文章中，我认为世界卫生组织 (WHO) 没有足够的权力来充分履行其使命。世界卫生组织建立在一个错误的假设之上，即获得足够的全球健康是一个高层协调的问题。然而，全球卫生治理的挑战至关重要，也是复杂的政治合作之一。我区分了 WHO 面临的不同类型的合作问题，并解释了为什么实现全球健康需要一个管理当局的侵入性权力——这些权力是 WHO 不享有的。