What do we know about hospitals in north Gaza? – explainer
The hospitals in the Gaza Strip have become a main point of contention on the international stage as Israel's invasion of the Hamas-run enclave continues. Here's what we know about them.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Hold the WHO accountable for embracing North Korea
Former President Donald Trump congratulated Kim Jong Un earlier this month after North Korea joined the Executive Board of the World Health Organization. Nikki Haley, Trump’s...
Op-eds
China’s Multilateral March Continues
China scored several diplomatic victories last week at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), amplifying concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) efforts...
Policy Briefs
So Much for Reforming the World Health Organization
The Biden administration vowed it would change the body from within, but its proposals play into the hands of China.
Op-eds
Bill Gates’s Pandemic Prevention Plan Has a China-Sized Blind Spot
In his new book, the billionaire philanthropist focuses on technical solutions but ignores politics.
Op-eds
China hid the COVID pandemic and could do it again
The World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 had become a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The announcement arrived when there were already 118,000 confirmed cases in 114 countries and more...
Op-eds
Biden vowed to reform WHO from within — instead, it’s taking advantage of America
The World Health Organization chief last week presented a proposal to raise mandatory dues on member states, expand his autonomy to spend a larger budget and make it more difficult for large donors like...
Op-eds
The Demoralization of the U.N.
The transnational bureaucrats now do Beijing’s bidding
Op-eds
It’s time for Congress to act on WHO reform
Excerpt This week, the Biden administration missed the deadline to nominate a candidate to challenge embattled World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his quest for...
Op-eds
Biden Must Move Fast to Replace WHO’s Tedros
It will take an all-out diplomatic blitz to block the director-general’s impending reelection.
Op-eds
Biden needs to get China to cooperate with the pandemic’s origins investigation
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, acknowledged in mid-June that there was a “premature push” to dismiss the theory that COVID-19 initially spread from...
Op-eds
Exercising checkbook diplomacy at the WHO
Excerpt Leave it to the World Health Organization (WHO) to insist that the only way to prevent the next pandemic is for its member states to relinquish control over the organization’s budget and programming....
Op-eds
Global health policy shouldn’t be shaped by a country that bombs hospitals
Bashar al-Assad recently celebrated two election victories. In Syria, he claimed 95.1 percent of the vote in his run for a fourth term as president. The government reported that more than 14 million...
Op-eds
Cover-Ups of WHO Misconduct Expose Leadership Failures and Compromised Agency Culture
The World Health Organization (WHO) reportedly covered up sexual assault allegations involving senior agency officials, while Italian prosecutors are investigating another top WHO figure for making false...
Policy Briefs
It’s Time for Biden to Ratchet Up the Pressure on the WHO
Washington and its allies have several levers for reforms.
Op-eds
China and Russia Combine Forces to Undermine WHO Reform
As diplomats prepare for the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) annual agenda-setting meeting, China and Russia have combined forces to undermine EU-led efforts to reform the beleaguered health body....
Policy Briefs
Authoritarian countries will try to use coronavirus vaccines as an internal cudgel
The world will have to work to keep distribution of scarce lifesaving resources equitable
Op-eds
The Flawed WHO Coronavirus Origins Study
The only thing the WHO report accomplishes is showing how the organization was focused on pleasing Beijing. This is an important test for Biden—Xi Jinping will triumph if the WHO report stands
Op-eds
Biden’s bad deals
His diplomats, like Obama’s, give without getting
Op-eds
Biden Must Expose China’s COVID-19 Cover-Up
Chinese authorities are still refusing to share critical evidence about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) still refuses to challenge Beijing and is even promoting...