“Things Fall Apart”: The Unravelling of Global Health Governance and the Imperative for Action Preserving Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

Eskild Petersen; Ben Marais; Marion Koopmans; Peter Mwaba; Danny Asogun; Moses J. Bockarie; Lucille Blumberg; Delia Goletti; Seif Al Abri; Alessandra Scagliarini; Lone Simonsen; Francine Ntoumi; Peter S. Nyasulu; David S. Hui; David N. Durrheim; Martin P. Grobusch; Alimuddin Zumla

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2026.108472

“Things Fall Apart”: The Unravelling of Global Health Governance and the Imperative for Action Preserving Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

Eskild Petersen^*
, Ben Marais
, Marion Koopmans
, Peter Mwaba
, Danny Asogun
, Moses J. Bockarie
, Lucille Blumberg
, Delia Goletti
, Seif Al Abri
, Alessandra Scagliarini
, Lone Simonsen
, Francine Ntoumi
, Peter S. Nyasulu
, David S. Hui
, David N. Durrheim
, Martin P. Grobusch
, Alimuddin Zumla

^*Corresponding author

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Original language	English
Article number	108472
Journal	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	165
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1201-9712
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2026.108472
Publication status	Published - Apr 2026

Keywords

Childhood immunization
Health inequality
International institutions
Public Health Governance

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PandemiX: Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Pandemic Signatures - PandemiX
Simonsen, L. (Project manager), Ingholt, M. M. (Project participant), Pedersen, R. K. (Project participant), Andreasen, V. (Project participant), Wijhe, M. V. (Project participant), Eilersen, A. T. (Project participant), Poder, S. K. (Project participant), Nielsen, B. F. (Project participant), Krogfelt, K. A. (Project participant), Ørskov, S. (Project participant), Berrig, C. (Project participant), Thorn, A. V. (Project participant), Qvesel, A. G. (Project participant), Sneppen, K. (Project participant), Pedersen, A. G. (Project participant), Fischer, T. K. (Project participant), Harboe, Z. B. (Project participant), Roed, C. (Project participant), Holler, J. G. (Project participant), Viboud, C. (Project participant), Lipsitch, M. (Project participant), Davenport, R. (Project participant) & Pedersen, C. W. (Project participant)
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
01/06/2023 → 31/05/2029
Project: Research

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Petersen, E., Marais, B., Koopmans, M., Mwaba, P., Asogun, D., Bockarie, M. J., Blumberg, L., Goletti, D., Abri, S. A., Scagliarini, A., Simonsen, L., Ntoumi, F., Nyasulu, P. S., Hui, D. S., Durrheim, D. N., Grobusch, M. P., & Zumla, A. (2026). “Things Fall Apart”: The Unravelling of Global Health Governance and the Imperative for Action Preserving Infectious Disease Prevention and Control. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 165, Article 108472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2026.108472

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