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The race for Ebola drugs: pharmaceuticals, security and global health governance
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 00:33 authored by Anne Roemer-MahlerAnne Roemer-Mahler, Stefan ElbeStefan ElbeThe international Ebola response mirrors two broader trends in global health governance: (1) the framing of infectious disease outbreaks as a security threat; and (2) a tendency to respond by providing medicines and vaccines. This article identifies three mechanisms that interlink these trends. First, securitisation encourages technological policy responses. Second, it creates an exceptional political space in which pharmaceutical development can be freed from constraints. Third, it creates an institutional architecture that facilitates pharmaceutical policy responses. The ways in which the securitisation of health reinforces pharmaceutical policy strategies must, the article concludes, be included in ongoing efforts to evaluate them normatively and politically.
Funding
Pharmaceuticals and Security: The Role of Public-Private Collaborations in Strengthening Global Health Security; G1040; EUROPEAN UNION; ERC-2012-StG_20111124 312567
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Journal
Third World QuarterlyISSN
0143-6597Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
Issue
3Volume
37Page range
487-506Department affiliated with
- International Relations Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes