At Long Last, Member States Agree to Fix the World Health Organization’s Financing Problem

This was a historic week for improving health outcomes for everyone. After decades of inaction, and thanks to the leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and former Vice Chair of the Executive Board Björn Kümmel, the member states of WHO agreed to substantially improve the agency’s financing model, giving it greater flexibility and enhanced capacity to fulfill its mandate as the world’s health champion.

Read more here.