ABSTRACT

Global health governance has undergone several phases of development and change. This chapter provides a brief sketch of the emergence of global health governance from the golden age of the 1800s to the contemporary era of new pandemics, health security, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It explores current debates in global health governance on pandemic preparedness and emergency response in the wake of Ebola and Zika and reform of the World Health Organization (WHO). The chapter reviews some of the emerging issues in global health governance with regard to leadership and the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is an emerging issue that will shape the future of global health governance and the relationship between global health and international security. The ability of global health to manage emerging issues such as AMR depends on the future financing and political will towards global health. The chapter concludes with some comments about the future of global health governance.