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Instructions 

1. In 2-3 sentences, describe global health governance and why it is important in disease transmission. 
2. Describe 2 missteps of WHO in handling Ebola and please cite your sources.
3. Now, think about how COVID-19 is being handled.  Has WHO learned it’s lesson from Ebola in handling COVID-19? Why or why not? (Links to an external site.)
4. Based on what you have learned about global health governance and COVID-19, does the US response to COVID-19 (Links to an external site.) align with the principles of global health governance? If you were a key player in global health, such as the President or the Secretary of State, discuss two things that you would have either done differently or kept the same in handling COVID-19, and your justification for either making these changes or supporting what has been done. Hint: think about how the US is now handling vaccine distribution worldwide in relation to global health governance.
5. Respond to ONE classmate on their assessment of #4

POST 1

The US response to COVID-19 does not align with the principles of global health governance. If I was a key player in global health I would have had more transparency with other countries as well as my own. The reason for this is because people need to know what is going on, just because it is effecting one area does not mean it is not important. Instead, supplying aid to countries in need and making sure the disease is well contained so it does not spread onto the rest of the world. China was left closed off and defenseless and in the end that did not stop the spread of COVID-19. The second thing I would do is not leave out poorer countries, which is what is occurring right now. We learned about this earlier in the semester, about how countries are hoarding the vaccine and selling it to make profit when other countries can barely get their hands on any. This would go greatly against the definition of Global health governance since one of its main issues it deals with is human rights. Global health governance is the way societies organize and collectively manage their affairs; this is not being seen with how the US is handling vaccine distribution. Global health governance focuses on key issues such as financial stability, human rights, and public health. The US did not meet the bar when it comes COVID-19 since they left out countries’ financial stability, people’s human rights, and finally the health of many individuals.