Research on International Cooperative Governance of the COVID-19

Abstract

Since the first case of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has quickly spread to all the corners of the world. Amid the global public health threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, active cooperative governance has gradually emerged as the most powerful weapon against its spread. To facilitate international cooperation for pandemic governance, this paper applied the evolutionary game theory to analyze the factors influencing active cooperative governance and, based on the results, proposed a series of recommendations for promoting international cooperation. (1) leveraging the role of international organizations to reduce the cost of realizing the strategy of active cooperative governance, (2) promoting the international exchange of related experiences to lower the cost of active pandemic governance, (3) sustaining productive and daily activities during the pandemic in a classified and hierarchical manner to reduce the economic loss incurred by active pandemic governance, and (4) optimizing the incentive measures of international organizations to facilitate the selection of active cooperative governance. Finally, from the four aspects of resource management of pandemic treatment, supply management of living materials, population flow cooperation management, and governance fund cooperation management, this paper gives the path of international pandemic cooperative governance.

Attributes of national governance for an effective response to public health emergencies: Lessons from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

“…The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates that an effective response to public health emergencies requires not only national and local but also global governance [ 79 ]. However, global health governance is at crossroads due to challenges of fragmentation, nationalism, and individualism [ 8 , 80 ]. Effective response to the pandemic demands global cooperation and solidarity through pooling and sharing resources [ 81 ].…”

Supervision for the Public Health Services for Older Adults Under the Background of Government Purchasing: An Evolutionary Game Analysis Framework

“…It provides an effective theoretical tool for discussing the strategic choice and evolutionary logic between the subjects of supervision for the public health services for older adults from a microscopic perspective. This theory has been widely applied in such fields as the new energy vehicle industry ( 17 ), international cooperative governance of the COVID-19 ( 18 ), privacy protection ( 19 ), the sharing and disclosure of COVID-19 information ( 20 ), and so on. In addition, the thought of evolutionary dynamics is applied to the reward and punishment mechanisms involved in this article.…”

Governance in mental healthcare policies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico

“…Globally, governance in healthcare refers to the implementation of policies and practices that promote equitable health systems ( 21 , 22 ). Other international organizations equate the concept of governance with stewardship, or co-management, to refer to concerted actions that promote and protect public health ( 23 ), or with an intersectoral governance approach, that refers to the coordination of multiple sectors to address health problems ( 24 , 25 ). These definitions have a normative approach.…”

“…These definitions have a normative approach. In this research an approach to governance as an intermediate analytical variable is proposed, a generalizable concept, which refers to the process of agreement in decision-making, in which all the actors of the health system, suppliers and consumers intervene, with well-defined roles, to meet the demands of mental healthcare, with the focus of patient-centered care based on evidence, responsibility and accountability ( 25 , 26 ). Incorporating this governance approach poses challenges for health systems in their communities, providing essential services both in the short term (after a disaster or pandemic, for example, the COVID-19) and in the long term in terms of public health.…”