[Comment] Age of distrust: impact of hegemonic policy decisions on sexual and reproductive health and rights

Trust is an implicit cornerstone of global health. Trust between nations, organisations, health-care providers, and communities helps shape relationships that ground global policy making, programming, and ultimately decisions that ensure equitable access to life-saving health-care goods and services and protection of marginalised groups.1 Distrust between nations in global health governance during the COVID-19 pandemic led to resistance in implementing global health norms, funding uncertainties, and inefficiencies, resulting in inequalities in access to services and vaccine distribution as well as the politicisation of scientific expertise.