Abstract

CORONADO MARTINEZ, María Esther. Global health governance and the limitations of expert networks in the response to the Covid-19 outbreak in Mexico. Foro int [online]. 2021, vol.61, n.2, pp.469-505.  Epub June 18, 2021. ISSN 0185-013X.  https://doi.org/10.24201/fi.v61i2.2836.

This study argues that the global health governance system has led to the formation of a number of expert networks that serve as mechanisms for the circulation of evidence-based ideas and that promote cooperation and the implementation of World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. However, the outbreak of Covid-19 has brought to light the limitations of these networks. In the case of Mexico, two principal problems have been observed: first, the existence of experts who belong to a cross-governmental network and who make decisions based on political interest, to the detriment of global recommendations; and second, a divided knowledge community of rival groups that damages the actions of these experts in their efforts to transmit ideas and spread knowledge.

Keywords : global health governance; pandemic response; expert networks; Covid-19; Mexico.

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