# Key Takeaways
- Four inputs to [[global public goods (GPG)]] concept: 1) knowledge and tech, 2) international collective action, 3) national health system, 4) non-health system inputs
- Financing mechanism for [[global public goods (GPG)]] in Communicable Disease Control: 1) voluntary contributions, 2) coordinated contributors, 3) global taxes ([[Tobin tax]]), 4) market-based system
- [[global public goods (GPG)]] must consider the "[[weakest link]]" that is the worst-performing health system in a country. It may be useful in deciding the financing mechanism.
- Case-by-case financial mechanism must be considered where it's appropriate.
- Even if something **can** be [[global public goods (GPG)]], there are limits to GPG's effectiveness as a means of identifying international objectives, as it is not **necessary** appropriate to provide **everything** which can be considered a [[global public goods (GPG)]].