From: Coincident polio and Ebola crises expose similar fault lines in the current global health regime
Governance level | Securitizing agent | Initiatives or projects | Examplesa |
---|---|---|---|
Private | Private philanthropy | Sponsoring the establishment of global surveillance networks | 1. Nuclear Threat Initiative |
National | USA (Security agencies, academia) | Development of event-based surveillance technology | 2. Project Argus |
USA (Senate) | Capacity building, conditional aid to developing countries | 3. US Global Pathogen Surveillance Act (2007) | |
International | USA (President) | Political and technical alliance | 4. Global Health Security Agenda |
Some industrialised countries | Political alliance | 5. Global Health Security Initiative | |
Regional surveillance networks | Coordination of regional surveillance networks | 6. CORDS | |
Supra-national | WHO | Technical resources for event verification | 7. Biological Weapons Convention |
WHO/UNODA | Technical support to the UN Secretary-General | 8. Memorandum of understanding |