Strengthening Global Health Governance: Recommendations for the World Health Organization in Future Pandemic Responses

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities in the World Health Organization's (WHO) governance structures, raising significant concerns about its capacity to manage global public health crises. Governance challenges, including delayed responses, inadequate international coordination, and communication failures, undermined public trust and global health security, necessitating rigorous ethical examination of WHO's institutional decision-making processes. This article examines WHO's pandemic response through ethical frameworks—particularly care ethics—while evaluating how governance challenges affected public trust and safety.