The eight articles and a book review discussing “Innovations in Global Health in the New Political Era” in the a special issue of the Global Health Governance Journal, edited by Dr. Devi Sridhar and Prof. Larry Gostin,  makes very interesting reading. A key theme running, essentially, through all the articles and book review is the need for reforming the World Health Organization (WHO) if this United Nations (UN) agency is to play its rightful role in addressing the challenges that the world faces in the 21st Century. As the editors note in the introduction, “The contributors to this special issue have made a real case for reform in the global health governance system.”  Read the rest of this entry »