Inter-institutional Relationships in Global Health: Regulating Coordination and Ensuring Accountability

<p>In this paper we will explore issues related to the governance of inter-organizationalrelationships in the field of global health - taking the multi-layered response to the 2014 West African EbolaOutbreak as our point of departure. We note that, ideally organizations engaged inglobal health activity would have a clear set of governance rules that would guidetheir behaviours, and set expectations for collaborating with other organizations,though this is rarely the case. More broadly, we highlight that there is no overarchingset of principles that would cover all the possible ways in which collaborations cantake place. We conclude by suggesting some principles to guide collaborationbetween organizations engaged in global health in the future.</p>