Abstract
In 2015, the 2030 Agenda was formally adopted by the United Nations, establishing a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 3 seeks to promote Global Health and the quality of public health systems in developing countries. The achievement of these goals requires the commitment of all signing countries, but the COVID-19 crisis is changing the behavior of the main stakeholders in the international arena. What do the experts think about these changes? Could these changes threaten the 2030 Agenda and Global Health? To answer these questions, we conduct a content analysis of 152 documents written by experts from the 15 main think tanks on international development policy. The results point out that the new scenario brought about by the pandemic is hindering the necessary cooperation between countries to achieve global health goals and to guarantee public health coverage in developing countries. To deal with these challenges, more delegation of powers to international organizations and a reform of the international cooperation system are needed. With this analysis, we launch a warning about potential weaknesses of the institutional design of the 2030 Agenda in order for it to survive in a post-COVID-19 world and remain a valid instrument to promote health worldwide.
Highlights
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment, establishing a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be pursued until 2030 [1].The 2030 Agenda has been considered a remarkable achievement of the international community, as it was able to arrive at an important consensus on the need to move towards a more inclusive and sustainable development model [2].The Agenda incorporates Global Health as one of its main objectives, (SDG 3), to “Guarantee healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages” [1]
We deal with the opinion of experts about the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the governance of Global Health in the 2030 Agenda framework
Contextual Categories: How the World Is Being Shaped in the Post Covid-19 Era In Table 2 we introduce the contextual categories [36]
Summary
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment, establishing a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be pursued until 2030 [1].The 2030 Agenda has been considered a remarkable achievement of the international community, as it was able to arrive at an important consensus on the need to move towards a more inclusive and sustainable development model [2].The Agenda incorporates Global Health as one of its main objectives, (SDG 3), to “Guarantee healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages” [1]. Even though the SDGs are expressed as a collective action [4,5], they must be implemented at the national level, on a nonbinding basis, in accordance with the objectives and plans of action established by each state [6,7]. For this purpose, the 2030 Agenda merely provides a set of general guidelines for its Healthcare 2020, 8, 356; doi:10.3390/healthcare8040356 www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare
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