US opposes plans to strengthen WHO, other nations “skeptic”


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THE US, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, raising doubts about the Joe Biden administration’s long-term support for the UN agency, said four officials involved in the talks. The proposal, made by the WHO’s working group on sustainable financing, would increase each member state’s standing annual contribution, according to a WHO document published online and dated Jan 4. The plan is part of a wider reform process galvanised by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has highlighted the limitations of the WHO’s power to intervene early in a crisis. But the US...