This month, a growing call heard around the world from civil society is galvanizing support from countries that are objecting to the WHO’s infringement of personal autonomy and national sovereignty through proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations. Indeed, people power is turning the tables, with
In January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services submitted 13 amendments to the Director-General on the International Health Regulations, 2005. But now through the concerted and collaborative efforts of civil society campaigns around the world, including those driven in part by World Council for Health and our coalition partners, 12 of the 13 amendments to the IHR have been taken off the table at the World Health Assembly 75.
The remaining proposed amendment, th
Conflicts of Interest Explain Apparent Mismanagement and Corruption of the World Health Organization
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