The recent strategy highlights the need to address “instrumentalization” in global health, emphasizing that the U.S. has faced backlash for conditional funding agreements with developing nations that prioritize disease surveillance and resource access. The Commission warns of a shift from multilateral cooperation to more transactional bilateral relations in health governance. To enhance global health systems and combat misinformation, the EU plans to invest in drug, vaccine, and diagnostic development while collaborating with international organizations to map health spending, although no new funding has been announced for these initiatives.
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