Sovereignty, equity, solidarity: progress on the Global Health Emergency Corps

Scott F Dowell¹, Christophe Schmachtel², Abdi Mahamud², Abdou Salam Gueye³, Andrew Lee⁴, Armand Bejtullahu², Carita Davis⁵, Ciro Ugarte⁶, Didier K Ekouevi^{7

8}, Eduardo S Gudo⁹, Flavio Salio¹⁰, Gail Carson¹¹, Gina Samaan¹², Johanna Hanefeld¹³, Linda Doull², Melkamu Abte¹⁴, Michel Yao¹⁵, Mohannad Al Nsour¹⁶, Nedret Emiroglu², Nikki Romanik¹⁷, Renee Christensen², Sadaf Lynes¹⁸, Samar Al-Mutawakel¹⁹, Shi Guoqing²⁰, Soha Shawqi Ahmed Albayat²¹, Sugi Perera²², Thebeyame Macheke²³, Valerie Nkamgang Bemo²⁴, Chikwe Ihekweazu², Michael J Ryan²

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¹ Health Emergencies, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland scottdowell6@gmail.com.
² Health Emergencies, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Emergency Preparedness and Response Programme, Brazzaville, Congo.
⁴ UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
⁵ Centre for Disease Control, Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
⁶ Pan American Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁷ Universite de Lome Faculte des Sciences de la Sante, Lome, Togo.
⁸ INSERM U1219 Bordeaux Population Health Research Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
⁹ Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique.
¹⁰ World Health Organisation, Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹¹ Tropical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹² WHE, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland.
¹³ Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁴ Center of Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹⁵ World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo.
¹⁶ Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network, Amman, Jordan.
¹⁷ Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
¹⁸ International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁹ WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt.
²⁰ Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
²¹ Ministry of Public Health Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
²² Emergencies Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
²³ Botswana Public Health Institute, Gaborone, Botswana.
²⁴ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA.

PMID: 40840969
PMCID: PMC12374631
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019424

Sovereignty, equity, solidarity: progress on the Global Health Emergency Corps

Scott F Dowell et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 21;10(8):e019424.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019424.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Health Emergencies, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland scottdowell6@gmail.com.
² Health Emergencies, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Emergency Preparedness and Response Programme, Brazzaville, Congo.
⁴ UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
⁵ Centre for Disease Control, Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
⁶ Pan American Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁷ Universite de Lome Faculte des Sciences de la Sante, Lome, Togo.
⁸ INSERM U1219 Bordeaux Population Health Research Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
⁹ Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique.
¹⁰ World Health Organisation, Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹¹ Tropical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹² WHE, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland.
¹³ Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁴ Center of Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹⁵ World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo.
¹⁶ Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network, Amman, Jordan.
¹⁷ Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
¹⁸ International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁹ WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt.
²⁰ Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
²¹ Ministry of Public Health Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
²² Emergencies Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
²³ Botswana Public Health Institute, Gaborone, Botswana.
²⁴ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA.

PMID: 40840969
PMCID: PMC12374631
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019424

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Keywords: COVID-19; Global Health; Health Personnel; Health policy; Public Health.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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**Figure 1. A Global Health Emergency Corps centred in every country.**

**Figure 2. A regional and global ecosystem for coordination.**

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