Bloomberg: WHO Needs to Quit Being Polite With China Adam Minter, Bloomberg opinion columnist and author “…[T]oo much political deference in a health emergency is a global risk in its own right. The WHO is uniquely positioned to demand more from China. It needs to do so now. … [I]t’s…

The Lancet Public Health: Authoritarianism, outbreaks, and information politics Matthew M. Kavanagh, visiting professor of law, assistant professor of global health, and director of the Global Health Policy and Governance Initiative at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, discusses the information and accountability challenges…

AP: Health concerns meet politics amid Taiwan’s WHO exclusion “Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization is pitting health concerns against geopolitics during the current crisis over the new illness known as COVID-19. Taiwan has called repeatedly for it to be allowed to participate in WHO, from which it has…

Wall Street Journal: China’s Taiwan Quarantine Editorial Board “…[A]mid this public health emergency, China is playing power politics at the world’s peril in its treatment of Taiwan. … The WHO has held two emergency meetings since the coronavirus outbreak. Taiwan wasn’t permitted to attend, despite its proximity to China and…

Devex: Q&A: WHO’s global strategy to tackle health misinformation “The World Health Organization’s digital health team has been working to help combat misinformation about the 2019 novel coronavirus. And they are working with technology companies to ensure search engines show results with reliable and accurate health information. … But what…

The Guardian: Taking credit, avoiding blame? Xi Jinping’s absence from coronavirus frontline “The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has been noticeably absent from public view as his government scrambles to fight the coronavirus outbreak … His most recent public appearance was on 28 January when he met the director general of…

Reuters: Taiwan calls China ‘vile’ for limiting WHO access during virus outbreak “Taiwan dramatically escalated its war of words with Beijing on Tuesday over the island’s exclusion from the World Health Organization, saying ‘vile’ China was preventing Taiwan from getting timely information about the coronavirus outbreak. Taiwan is not a…

Bloomberg: China’s Massive Economic Power Shapes Global Response to Virus “As countries around the world enact measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, there’s an additional factor shaping their response: China’s enormous economic clout. While wealthy countries such as the U.S. and Australia — both key trading…

The BMJ: Building alliances for the global governance of migration and health Jo Vearey with the African Centre for Migration and Society at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh and colleagues discuss the role of health governance in addressing global…

Brookings Institution’s “Africa in Focus”: Africa is an opportunity for the world: Overlooked progress in governance and human development Landry Signé, David M. Rubenstein fellow for global economy and development at the Africa Growth Initiative, and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, former president of the Republic of Mauritius and distinguished adviser at the…