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The race for Ebola drugs: pharmaceuticals, security and global health governance

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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:33 authored by Anne Roemer-MahlerAnne Roemer-Mahler, Stefan ElbeStefan Elbe
The international Ebola response mirrors two broader trends in global health governance: (1) the framing of infectious disease outbreaks as a security threat; and (2) a tendency to respond by providing medicines and vaccines. This article identifies three mechanisms that interlink these trends. First, securitisation encourages technological policy responses. Second, it creates an exceptional political space in which pharmaceutical development can be freed from constraints. Third, it creates an institutional architecture that facilitates pharmaceutical policy responses. The ways in which the securitisation of health reinforces pharmaceutical policy strategies must, the article concludes, be included in ongoing efforts to evaluate them normatively and politically.

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Pharmaceuticals and Security: The Role of Public-Private Collaborations in Strengthening Global Health Security; G1040; EUROPEAN UNION; ERC-2012-StG_20111124 312567

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Third World Quarterly

ISSN

0143-6597

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

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3

Volume

37

Page range

487-506

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  • International Relations Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-03-11

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2016-03-11

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-03-11

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