From crisis response to country control: Restoring agency and sustainability in global health

Ebere Okereke

PLOS Medicine, 2026, vol. 23, issue 3, 1-4

Abstract: Global health is at a structural inflection point. Crisis-driven architectures saved lives but entrenched fragility and dependence. Sustaining progress now requires restoring country agency, strengthening national institutions, and securing predictable, sustainable health financing.Global health architecture as we know it is at a structural inflection point. In this Perspective, Ebere Okereke discusses priorities for sustainable progress, including restoring country agency, strengthening national institutions, and securing predictable, sustainable health financing.

Date: 2026
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