Only 25% of the World Health Organization budget comes from the States. And after red or processed meat, the agency announces new dossiers on the risks of coffee and other beverages.
Its mission is certainly ambitious, almost utopian: the attainment by all populations of the highest possible level of health. But his arms, perhaps, are too human to reach such a commendable goal. The World Health Organization (WHO) is not God and its words are not the Bible. From its inception in 1946 to today, the most powerful organization of the United Nations has certainly made a significant contribution to the common good, saving millions and millions of human lives.
70-80% of the resources actually available to the agency come from voluntary public or private contributions, while the proportion of regular contributions resulting from regular disbursement of WHO's 193 member countries represents barely 20-25% of the total budget of the WHO. organization. Only on the latter does WHO exercise discretionary control, while voluntary contributions are mostly off-balance sheet, with an intended use decided by the donor (on specific projects) for a term that varies from time to time, at the discretion of the lender ».
A situation not worthy of the "agency that serves the world". "Several governments, the academic world and several civil society groups - underlines - Dentico - have pointed out how the authority, credibility, and capabilities of the WHO are severely tested by the limited access to resources". However, giving up the ideal mission for which WHO was born seems unacceptable. "It must not be demolished, but reformed by redefining its role and redesigning its management, especially financial", says Dentico. An objective that the current general manager, Margaret Chan, seems determined to pursue.
( … continue on LA STAMPA of 29-10-2015)
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