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Global Health Governance: A Gewirthian Perspective on Taiwan's Status in the WHO

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Health issues are firmly entrenched in the agenda for global development. With the growing importance of health, it has become clear that health issues formerly confined to national policy are now issues of global impact and concern. The globalization of certain new emerging infectious diseases such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and a highly virulent strain of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) has critically threatened human health and challenged the international public health network led by the World Health Organization (WHO). Consequently, the International Health Regulations (IHRs 2005) were passed to strengthen the governance of global public health. However, owing to the global outbreak of infectious diseases, controversy over the IHRs has extended to Taiwan's predicament in the international arena. This article adopts the Gewirthian theory of jurisprudence in establishing the legal and moral justifications for Taiwan's status in the WHO. It has been acknowledged that this jurisprudence is valid, and no one can deny that all human beings are entitled to exercise their fundamental health rights through full participation in the WHO in order to safeguard an authentic, constructive network of global public health.

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