Events

The weakening of the global UN governance system and unravelling multilateralism are amongst the most worrisome global developments in the 21st Century. Countries that have previously prospered in the past decades of interconnectedness and interdependence are now challenged by rising geopolitical tensions that have crippled consensus around pandemic preparedness, climate action, and conflict resolution. The health and wellbeing of the people are always the first to be compromised when the societies and governments are unable to agree on the actions necessary to resolve underlying threats to the health of global populations. In times like these, are small countries necessarily relegated to play a minor role in determining global health order, or is the voice of a country not determined by its geographical and population size, but instead by its ability to shape and lead global health developments? This inaugural Global Health Thought Leadership Dialogue convenes four international experts in global health to address this important issue during an era where the world struggles to arrive at genuine solutions to the world’s biggest problems.