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Exploring anti-corruption, transparency, and accountability in the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank Group, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Source :
- Globalization and Health, Globalization and Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2020.
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Abstract
- Corruption is recognized by the global community as a threat to development generally and to achieving health goals, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal # 3: ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all. As such, international organizations such as the World Health Organizations and the United Nations Development Program are creating an evidence base on how best to address corruption in health systems. At present, the risk of corruption is even more apparent, given the need for quick and nimble responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may include a relaxation of standards and the rapid mobilization of large funds. As international organizations and governments attempt to respond to the ever-changing demands of this pandemic, there is a need to acknowledge and address the increased opportunity for corruption.In order to explore how such risks of corruption are addressed in international organizations, this paper focuses on the question: How are international organizations implementing measures to promote accountability and transparency, and anti-corruption, in their own operations? The following international organizations were selected as the focus of this paper given their current involvement in anti-corruption, transparency, and accountability in the health sector: the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank Group, and the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Our findings demonstrate that there has been a clear increase in the volume and scope of anti-corruption, accountability, and transparency measures implemented by these international organizations in recent years. However, the efficacy of these measures remains unclear. Further research is needed to determine how these measures are achieving their transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption goals.
- Subjects :
- Good governance
Economic growth
medicine.medical_specialty
United Nations
Disclosure
Review
Global Health
World Health Organization
Transparency
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Anti-corruption
medicine
Global health
Humans
Tuberculosis
030212 general & internal medicine
Accountability
Sustainable development
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Social Responsibility
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
Public health
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Fraud
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health services research
lcsh:RA1-1270
Transparency (behavior)
Malaria
Business
International organizations
0305 other medical science
Social responsibility
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17448603
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Globalization and Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f5026bea1b45d337ed72a750963f7a45