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Regional cooperation in health: Challenges and setbacks in the pandemic

Regional cooperation in health: Challenges and setbacks in the pandemic
Regional cooperation in health: Challenges and setbacks in the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America has revealed and deepened immediate health challenges in states with fragile health systems, as well as medium- and long-term challenges related to the fight against poverty and socioeconomic and gender inequalities. COVID-19 joined existing epidemics, such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, and Malaria, in the region. This sobering reality presents an era-defining challenge to regional governance. Yet, this health crisis unfolds in a region that shows a clear incongruity between the increase in regional and border problems, and the decrease in concerted responses. This situation demonstrates that if regional governance is to have a place in the response to COVID-19 and social reconstruction, it will have to address three limiting factors: (1) the prevalence of self-interested politics, (2) the preponderance of an approach to health that looks at containment, and (3) a lack of sense of shared responsibility. Therefore, we ask: What are the capacities needed to unlock these challenges that affect regional responses to health crises? To answer this question, the chapter explores how regional governance unfolded in the past decade and which lessons could be drawn to respond to current challenges of health governance in Latin America.
130-147
Routledge
Riggirozzi, Pía
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Herrero, María Belén
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Riggirozzi, Pía
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Herrero, María Belén
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Riggirozzi, Pía and Herrero, María Belén (2022) Regional cooperation in health: Challenges and setbacks in the pandemic. In, Regional and International Cooperation in South America After COVID: Challenges and Opportunities Post-pandemic. 1st ed. Routledge, pp. 130-147. (doi:10.4324/9781003230403-8).

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The COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America has revealed and deepened immediate health challenges in states with fragile health systems, as well as medium- and long-term challenges related to the fight against poverty and socioeconomic and gender inequalities. COVID-19 joined existing epidemics, such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, and Malaria, in the region. This sobering reality presents an era-defining challenge to regional governance. Yet, this health crisis unfolds in a region that shows a clear incongruity between the increase in regional and border problems, and the decrease in concerted responses. This situation demonstrates that if regional governance is to have a place in the response to COVID-19 and social reconstruction, it will have to address three limiting factors: (1) the prevalence of self-interested politics, (2) the preponderance of an approach to health that looks at containment, and (3) a lack of sense of shared responsibility. Therefore, we ask: What are the capacities needed to unlock these challenges that affect regional responses to health crises? To answer this question, the chapter explores how regional governance unfolded in the past decade and which lessons could be drawn to respond to current challenges of health governance in Latin America.

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Published date: 22 July 2022

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Local EPrints ID: 470570
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/470570
PURE UUID: 2b90fa91-40ea-4ac8-8061-875c50dc08ac
ORCID for Pía Riggirozzi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-890X

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Date deposited: 13 Oct 2022 16:36
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:48

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Author: Pía Riggirozzi ORCID iD
Author: María Belén Herrero

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