Posted on 05/28/2021 4:07:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
GENEVA - Member countries of the World Health Organization have approved an “ambitious increase” in the budget for the U.N. health agency at a meeting, with some noting that WHO’s chronic underfunding cripples its ability to protect global health.
Delegates on Thursday approved a 16% increase to WHO’s proposed budget for the next two years, setting it at about $6.1 billion.
More than 90% of WHO’s funding is tied to specific health issues, and the agency often struggles to respond to urgent crises. Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO’s emergencies chief, said there is currently a 70% funding gap, which has “left the organization in real and imminent danger of being unable to sustain core functions for urgent priorities.”
A commissioned review of the WHO in the wake of its global handling of the COVID-19 pandemic suggested the agency could have acted faster and more aggressively to stem the spread of the coronavirus, but also said it lacked power and money.
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Who still thinks we are on the verge of winning?
Xiden to the re$cue.
How timely and masterfully ingenious for these grifters to vote for a 16% increase in budget when they have a 70% funding gap.
After they covered for china. I figured biden would do that.
These groups are just fronts for taking taxpayer money and funneling it back to the communist agenda around the world.
I bet the WHO has very “diverse” employee base to ensure money can go into whatever country needs to be nudged toward communism.
WoW. Did your budget go up 16% this year?
The old saying .. ‘Tossing good money after bad’ .. comes to mind.
Any global org. with a W or U as part of its acronym should be avoided. jmo
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