Ilona Kickbusch

Dr Ilona Kickbusch is the founder and chair of the International Advisory Board of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and a member of the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All.

The WHO’s penny-wise and health-foolish members

It beggars belief, but it’s true: In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) are still pondering whether, and by how much, they should increase their regular financial contributions to the organisation, whose work continues to save lives within and beyond their borders.

2y ago
December 21, 2021
December 21, 2021

The WHO’s penny-wise and health-foolish members

It beggars belief, but it’s true: In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) are still pondering whether, and by how much, they should increase their regular financial contributions to the organisation, whose work continues to save lives within and beyond their borders.