Description
The Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC) represents an essential mechanism for the World Health Organization (WHO) to coordinate global health cooperation and reflect its governance capacity under the legal framework of the International Health Regulations. Nevertheless, the implementation of this mechanism has been subject to ongoing controversy and questions about the WHO's ability to provide timely and accurate early warning and coordination leadership. Covid-19, which ravaged the world, has once again exposed the dilemma of global health governance in which the WHO's authority and autonomy have been challenged. In order to strengthen WHO's leadership in international public health cooperation, this paper aims to build on constructivist theory and argues that WHO should seek to exercise stronger leadership to facilitate greater collaboration, strengthen its professional image and credibility, and thereby curb the interference of increasingly power-oriented financing issues.
