The head of the WHO urged countries on Monday to carry out reforms needed to prepare for the next pandemic, hailing their 'historic' decision to accept a major budget hike at the UN agency's annual assembly.
GENEVA - The head of the World Health Organization urged countries on Monday to carry out reforms needed to prepare for the next pandemic, hailing their"historic" decision to accept a major budget hike at the U.N. agency's annual assembly.
"We cannot kick this can down the road," the WHO director-general said in a major address to the agency's member states, warning that the next pandemic was bound to"come knocking". The 10-day annual World Health Assembly in Geneva, which coincides with the WHO's 75th anniversary, is set to address global health challenges including future pandemics, eradicating polio and supporting steps to ease Ukraine's health emergency triggered by Russia's invasion.
"A commitment from this generation is important, because it is this generation that experienced how awful a small virus could be," said Tedros.
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