Challenges and Reorganization

Svea Closser, MPH, PhD  Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA 

A global alliance of UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral organisations, national governments, and civil society organisations, naturally face various pushes and pulls in achieving disease control at a global scale. Here, we explore some of the challenges faced by the GPEI and how the alliance structure and partner roles were tested and evolved over time.  

Please take a few moments to review the reading Orchestrating Global Polio Eradication.   

Then, consider the following question:

In your experience, how do the priorities of the funders affect the direction of a disease control program? How can one avoid these unintended consequences? 

Please post your response in the discussion section.