Global Citizenship in Response to COVID-19:A Global Health Perspective
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Global citizenship and global health underscore the importance of universal values of a global citizen like justice, equity, peace, inclusiveness, global responsibility, and individual responsibility. To promote global citizenship, countries have been advocating and accepted GCED to ensure that learners will have the necessary attitudes, values, and skills they need to become not only critical thinkers but also contribute to building a just, peaceful, and inclusive society. The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the mainstreaming of GCED. The crisis emphasized how interconnected and interdependent our world is, underlining the collective responsibility that we should have to address threats that impact the world’s social, economic, and health. Examples of global health responses include those done by several global agencies led by the World Health Organization (WHO), which came up with a plan to accelerate vaccine development, diagnostics and therapeutics, information and technology sharing among countries, and enhance individual responsibilities for the protection of oneself and others. Including COVID-19 issues in the GCED framework has been very appropriate but is bound to face several challenges in terms of preparation and implementation.
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7144474475