The World Health Organization (WHO) is once more asked to reinvent itself and become more effective. This essay discusses recurrent reform proposals directed at the WHO which, in different ways, ask it to find a strategic focus and thereby its niche in the crowded global health arena. Looking back at decades of reform endeavors at the WHO, it exposes the contradictions and unresolved normative conflicts with regard to the WHO’s priorities. Ultimately, the WHO’s effectiveness hinges on Member State support for public authority in global health, and thus the political commitment to protect it against capture by special interests.

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优先事项、合作伙伴、政治

世界卫生组织 (WHO) 再次被要求重塑自我并提高效率。本文讨论了针对世界卫生组织的反复改革建议，这些建议以不同的方式要求它找到战略重点，从而在拥挤的全球卫生领域找到自己的位置。回顾世卫组织几十年的改革努力，它暴露了与世卫组织优先事项有关的矛盾和未解决的规范冲突。归根结底，世卫组织的有效性取决于会员国对全球卫生公共权力的支持，以及保护其免受特殊利益集团控制的政治承诺。