The World Health Organization has come under fire for its response to the global coronavirus pandemic, with threats of funding cuts and investigations into its conduct. "An organization like the World Health Organization can only be as strong and as effective as its member states want it to be," said Steven Hoffman, director of the Global Strategy Lab and a global health law professor at York University in Toronto. "So one of the challenges that the World Health Organization has faced over the last decades is that it keeps on getting new responsibilities and no new resources." WATCH | WHO defends its record on COVID-19The World Health Organization has defended its handling of the coronavirus outbreak after President Donald Trump orders withdrawal of U.S. funding for the organization. Calls for the WHO to be held accountable for its response to the global coronavirus have been been growing.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2020 07:52 UTC