How the 'bureaucratic' World Health Organization ended up on the hot seat over its COVID response - News Summed Up

How the 'bureaucratic' World Health Organization ended up on the hot seat over its COVID response


"The World Health Organization let the world down.... Formally, the World Health Organization is guided by the director general — currently Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — who is elected by the member states to a five-year term. The organization monitors itself through its governing bodies, such as the World Health Assembly, the Executive Board and regional committees. It is standard practice for the World Health Assembly to conduct a post-pandemic review of "whether things went right," such as the one recently announced, Hoffman said. "So member states, you always have the opportunity, as Americans are now showing, to stop writing cheques."


Source: CBC News July 10, 2020 07:52 UTC



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