The disease of corruption: views on how to fight corruption to advance 21st century global health goals

BMC Medicine

Forum

Taryn Vian¹  William D. Savedoff²  Tim K. Mackey³  Maureen Lewis⁴  Joshua Michaud⁵  James Sale⁶  Frank Vogl⁷  Jillian Clare Kohler⁸ 

[1] Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, USA;Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA;Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA;Global Health Policy Institute, Mail Code: 0172X, 6256 Greenwich Drive, 92122, San Diego, CA, USA;WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Transparency and Accountability in the Pharmaceutical Sector, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA;Aceso Global, Washington, DC, USA;Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC, USA;Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, USA;Transparency International UK, London, UK;Transparency International, Secretariat, Berlin, Germany;The Partnership for Transparency Fund, Washington, DC, USA;WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Transparency and Accountability in the Pharmaceutical Sector, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Munk School of Global Affairs, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;

关键词: Global health;    Corruption;    Anti-corruption;    Sustainable Development Goals;    Good governance;    International development;    Global health governance;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12916-016-0696-1

 received in 2016-09-15, accepted in 2016-09-15,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Corruption has been described as a disease. When corruption infiltrates global health, it can be particularly devastating, threatening hard gained improvements in human and economic development, international security, and population health. Yet, the multifaceted and complex nature of global health corruption makes it extremely difficult to tackle, despite its enormous costs, which have been estimated in the billions of dollars. In this forum article, we asked anti-corruption experts to identify key priority areas that urgently need global attention in order to advance the fight against global health corruption. The views shared by this multidisciplinary group of contributors reveal several fundamental challenges and allow us to explore potential solutions to address the unique risks posed by health-related corruption. Collectively, these perspectives also provide a roadmap that can be used in support of global health anti-corruption efforts in the post-2015 development agenda.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2016