Ill prepared: How robust is the global health architecture in times of political turmoil?

How prepared are we for the next global pandemic – five years after the outbreak of COVID-19? Pedro Villarreal Lizárraga and Michael Bayerlein explore how the global health community can become more resilient to public health threats – amidst conflict, political turmoil and government budget cuts.

Guests: Dr. Michael Bayerlein is an associate at SWP’s EU/Europe Division. His research examines global health policy within the political system of the European Union.

Dr. Pedro Villarreal Lizárraga is an associate at SWP. His research focuses on Global Health Law and the role of the World Health Organization in pandemic preparedness.

Both are working for the project “The Global and European Health Governance in crisis”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Health.

Host: Esme Nicholson

Recommended Reading:

Michael Bayerlein: The EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy in the Field of Pharmaceuticals. Overcoming import dependencies for antibiotics through the EU authority HERA, SWP Comment 2023/C 02, 11.01.2023

Michael Bayerlein: Regional Health Care in the EU. ESI Funds as a Means of Building the European Health Union, SWP Research Paper 2024/RP 01, 12.01.2024

Michael Bayerlein, Pedro Alejandro Villarreal Lizárraga: Global Health Governance and Geopolitics. How Germany Can Contribute to a New Global Health Architecture after Covid-19 Amid Growing Geopolitical Tensions, SWP Comment 2023/C 57, 15.12.2023

Michael Bayerlein: Interlinking Germany’s Global Health Strategy at the European Level. An Analysis of Priorities and Coordination Potentials in EU Partner Countries, SWP Comment 2024/C 43, 17.09.2024

Pedro Alejandro Villarreal Lizárraga: Lawmaking at the WHO: Amendments to the International Health Regulations and a New Pandemic Treaty After COVID-19, SWP Comment 2023/C 04, 13.01.2023