The Golden Age of Global Health is Over. What Follows?
Abstract This article examines the rise and fall of global health’s so-called golden age, from the 1990s to the early 2020s, a period marked by multilateral cooperation, historic funding increases, and major institutional innovations. It highlights the factors that have led to the decline—including...
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| description | Abstract This article examines the rise and fall of global health’s so-called golden age, from the 1990s to the early 2020s, a period marked by multilateral cooperation, historic funding increases, and major institutional innovations. It highlights the factors that have led to the decline—including funding cuts, political shifts, and emerging global crises—and argues for a reimagined framework for global health going forward. Recommendations include diversifying funding, empowering regional coalitions, adapting new governance models, and defending the principle of health equity. Without such reforms, the next era risks deepening global disparities in health outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-28bdee69a8c744b4a7ee9979bb1c19e32025-08-20T04:01:42ZengSpringerJournal of Epidemiology and Global Health2210-60142025-07-011511610.1007/s44197-025-00443-5The Golden Age of Global Health is Over. What Follows?Derek Yach0Aviva Ron1Dorit Nitzan2Global Health Strategies LLCHealth Sector Development, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Member of Commission on Social Determinants of HealthSchool of Public Health, and Head, Master Program in Emergency Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the NegevAbstract This article examines the rise and fall of global health’s so-called golden age, from the 1990s to the early 2020s, a period marked by multilateral cooperation, historic funding increases, and major institutional innovations. It highlights the factors that have led to the decline—including funding cuts, political shifts, and emerging global crises—and argues for a reimagined framework for global health going forward. Recommendations include diversifying funding, empowering regional coalitions, adapting new governance models, and defending the principle of health equity. Without such reforms, the next era risks deepening global disparities in health outcomes.https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-025-00443-5Global HealthWorld Health OrganizationFunding for health |
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| title | The Golden Age of Global Health is Over. What Follows? |
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