Research Report 2024: Regional Health Governance Study

The inaugural Research Report 2024 of the Regional Health Governance Study (RHGS) documents the work accomplished by the multi-disciplinary research team behind the RHGS. The report is testament to the collective determination of the research team to tackle the most critical challenges at the intersection of global health, human rights, and governance at the international and regional level (within the Inter-American System). The Regional Health Governance Study proposes that: (1) a regional health governance approach holds greater promise than the existing global health governance approach of the WHO for mobilising states accustomed to collaborating in solidarity (both on a government-to-government and people-to-people basis) to collectively and equitably address shared health threats; (2) a regional health governance approach can complement WHO’s role in global health by alleviating some of the shortcomings associated with the current global health governance framework around equitable pandemic management; and (3) through regionalising global health governance, a significant stride can be taken towards decolonising global health by praxis that decentralises decision-making processes regarding global health priorities.