Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Published: March 23, 2022
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00533-5
Lawrence O Gostin, Kevin A Klock, Helen Clark, Fatimatou Zahra Diop, Dayanath Jayasuriya, Jemilah Mahmood, Attiya Waris
WHO has anchored the global health architecture since its founding in 1948, and it is impossible to imagine another institution filling the void if the international community were to let it atrophy. While also confronting and guiding the response to COVID-19, WHO is engaged in the most consequential reforms since its founding, including negotiating a global pandemic agreement and revising the International Health Regulations. Underpinning all these reforms is the need for robust and sustainable financing.
WHO's resources have consistently lagged behind its constitutional mandate. There is a deep misalignment between what governments and the public expect WHO to do and what the organisation is resourced to do. WHO is challenged by low levels of political will to increase its financing, strained government treasuries, and a battle over control of priorities.[SUP]1[/SUP] These tensions were clear when the Working Group on Sustainable Financing, chartered by WHO's Executive Board, did not reach consensus by the January, 2022 deadline.[SUP]1[/SUP] WHO's Executive Board has now charged the Working Group on Sustainable Financing with identifying a viable plan before the World Health Assembly in May, 2022.[SUP]2 [/SUP]...
... If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is that the global health agenda should be elevated above the political fray. Yet as a membership organisation of sovereign nations and thus a political institution, WHO has faced stiff political opposition to achieving ample and sustainable financing. ...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/...al&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-27013292
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00533-5
Lawrence O Gostin, Kevin A Klock, Helen Clark, Fatimatou Zahra Diop, Dayanath Jayasuriya, Jemilah Mahmood, Attiya Waris
WHO has anchored the global health architecture since its founding in 1948, and it is impossible to imagine another institution filling the void if the international community were to let it atrophy. While also confronting and guiding the response to COVID-19, WHO is engaged in the most consequential reforms since its founding, including negotiating a global pandemic agreement and revising the International Health Regulations. Underpinning all these reforms is the need for robust and sustainable financing.
WHO's resources have consistently lagged behind its constitutional mandate. There is a deep misalignment between what governments and the public expect WHO to do and what the organisation is resourced to do. WHO is challenged by low levels of political will to increase its financing, strained government treasuries, and a battle over control of priorities.[SUP]1[/SUP] These tensions were clear when the Working Group on Sustainable Financing, chartered by WHO's Executive Board, did not reach consensus by the January, 2022 deadline.[SUP]1[/SUP] WHO's Executive Board has now charged the Working Group on Sustainable Financing with identifying a viable plan before the World Health Assembly in May, 2022.[SUP]2 [/SUP]...
... If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is that the global health agenda should be elevated above the political fray. Yet as a membership organisation of sovereign nations and thus a political institution, WHO has faced stiff political opposition to achieving ample and sustainable financing. ...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/...al&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-27013292
