Assessing Proposals for New Global Health Treaties: An Analytic Framework

作者:Hoffman Steven J*; Rottingen John Arne; Frenk Julio
来源:American Journal of Public Health, 2015, 105(8): 1523-1530.
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302726

摘要

We have presented an analytic framework and 4 criteria for assessing when global health treaties have reasonable prospects of yielding net positive effects. First, there must be a significant transnational dimension to the problem being addressed. Second, the goals should justify the coercive nature of treaties. Third, proposed global health treaties should have a reasonable chance of achieving benefits. Fourth, treaties should be the best commitment mechanism among the many competing alternatives. Applying this analytic framework to 9 recent calls for new global health treaties revealed that none fully meet the 4 criteria. Efforts aiming to better use or revise existing international instruments may be more productive than is advocating new treaties.

  • 出版日期2015-8