Making experts accountable in global health.

[en] Unaccountable experts influence the choice of health policies. The dissemination of expert-driven neoliberal ideas on health financing has adverse consequences. The social and individual responsibility of experts should be better considered. An international and multidisciplinary directory of experts should be established (background, career paths, reports and results). Urgent need to organise a process of accountability for global health experts.

Disciplines :

Public health, health care sciences & services
International economics
Economic systems & public economics

Author, co-author :

Ridde, Valery ; IRD, Université Paris Cité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, IRD, Inserm, Ceped, F-75006 Paris, France, Paris, France valery.ridde@ird.fr

Paul, Elisabeth ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de droit > Droit fiscal ; School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

Foli, Rosina ; Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Béland, Daniel ; Department of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Language :

English

Title :

Making experts accountable in global health.

Publication date :

21 July 2026

Journal title :

BMJ Global Health

eISSN :

2059-7908

Publisher :

BMJ, England

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

e025094

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1136/bmjgh-2026-025094

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