“We Must Not Be Caught Sleeping.” Pandemic Futures, the WHO, and Global Preparedness Plans in the 1990s and Early 2000s

Voges Jonathan ()
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Voges Jonathan: 123127 Leibniz University of Hannover Faculty of Humanities , Hannover 30167, Germany

New Global Studies, 2024, vol. 18, issue 3, 257-271

Abstract: Preparing for the next pandemic became not only a national task, but a problem with international, even global dimensions. No single nation on its own is able to stop the next pandemic; no borders are strong enough to keep microbial threats outside the nation-state’s territory. This essay focuses on the role of the WHO in pandemic preparedness planning in the 1990s and early 2000s: What vision of the global future did the international organization follow and design? What measures did it propose to reduce risks? What narratives did it use to define its own role in these processes?

Keywords: COVID-19; world health organization; past futures; futurism; disaster planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1515/ngs-2024-0013

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