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QUESTION 9
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10 marks

Critically examine the role of WHO in providing global health security during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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What the examiner wants

Critically examine: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “Critically examine the role of WHO in providing global health security during the Covid-19 pandemic.” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on WHO.

Critically examineWeigh the strengths and the weaknesses, then give a balanced verdict.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Critically examine the role of WHO in providing global health security during the Covid-19 pandemic≈55 words
  2. 2Support the Critically examine with directly relevant evidence/examples and end with a reasoned conclusion≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Constitutional/institutional contextAnswer each explicit limb in sequenceUse relevant provisions/judgments/policy evidenceLimitations/counterviewReforms or reasoned conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about WHO without directly resolving: “Critically examine the role of WHO in providing global health security during the Covid-19 pandemic.”
  • Using facts/examples as decoration without linking them to the Critically examine judgement required by the question

Value addition

  • 3–4 node flowchart or dimension wheel keyed to the question’s main components
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

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