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Analyzing GAVI the Vaccine Alliance as a Global Health Partnership Model: A Constructivist Analysis of the Global Health Crisis

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  • Sandeep Singh
  • Jagmeet Bawa
  • Bawa Singh
  • Balinder Singh
  • Shankar Lal Bika

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The ongoing debate on the conceptual underpinnings of constructivism and global health partnerships (GHPs) in global health studies has a dimension that deserves closer attention. This paper attempts to draw attention to a few aspects of the debate using Finnemore’s constructivist analysis. According to this study, global actors need to rethink their paradoxical notions of pandemic crisis survival in light of the growing demand for mobilizing diverse global health agents and the necessity of constructing complex GHPs to address challenges of international significance. A global response based on solidarity and multilateralism is the only way to effectively combat this pandemic. Against this backdrop, the article analyses this development through an ideational ontological case study of the GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance. This article contributes to the debate by explaining how the GAVI Alliance fostered global collaboration and can serve as a template for future GHPs.

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  • Sandeep Singh & Jagmeet Bawa & Bawa Singh & Balinder Singh & Shankar Lal Bika, 2024. "Analyzing GAVI the Vaccine Alliance as a Global Health Partnership Model: A Constructivist Analysis of the Global Health Crisis," Millennial Asia, , vol. 15(3), pages 447-464, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:millen:v:15:y:2024:i:3:p:447-464
    DOI: 10.1177/09763996221116283
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