Examining the Role of the World Health Organization in the Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic According to the International Regime Theory

Year 2024, Volume: 25 Issue: 3, 653 - 675, 01.11.2024

Merve Sönmez , Elif Toprak

Abstract

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which first emerged in China at the end of 2019 and rapidly spread worldwide, have been seen both nationally and internationally. The research focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic, which has social, economic and political effects. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global health regimes and the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in fighting against the global crisis caused by the pandemic are examined. The findings show that the WHO was inadequate in the context of controlling the spread of the pandemic in question. The limited impact of WHO in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic process shows that the role the organization plays in crisis management must be enhanced especially with the involvement of epistemic communities.

Keywords

COVID-19, Pandemic, International Regime Theory, International Health Regimes, World Health Organisation

COVID-19 Pandemisiyle Mücadelede Dünya Sağlık Örgütü’nün Rolünün Uluslararası Rejim Kuramına Göre İncelenmesi

Abstract

İlk kez 2019 yılı sonunda Çin’de ortaya çıkan ve hızla dünya çapında yayılan COVID-19 salgınının etkileri gerek ulusal gerekse uluslararası düzeyde görülmüştür. Araştırmada sosyal, ekonomik ve siyasi yönden etkileri olan COVID-19 pandemisi ele alınmıştır. COVID-19 pandemisinin küresel sağlık rejimlerine etkisi ve özellikle Dünya Sağlık Örgütü’nün (DSÖ) pandeminin yol açtığı küresel krizle mücadeledeki rolü incelenmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular çerçevesinde DSÖ’nün söz konusu pandeminin kontrol altına alınması bağlamında yetersiz kaldığı çıkarımına ulaşılmıştır. COVID-19 pandemi sürecinin yönetiminde DSÖ’nün etkisinin sınırlılığı, örgütün kriz yönetiminde oynadığı rolün özellikle epistemik toplulukların da katılımıyla geliştirilmesi gerektiğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

COVID-19, Pandemi, Uluslararası Rejim Teorisi, Uluslararası Sağlık Rejimleri, Dünya Sağlık Örgütü

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