GENEVA: The World Health Organization expressed concern on Wednesday (May 20) about the rising number of new coronavirus cases in poor countries, ...
Tedros said he was committed to accountability and would carry out a review into the response to the pandemic. Such a review was demanded by member states in a resolution this week that was passed by consensus, although the United States expressed reservations about some elements of it.
Tedros said he had long been looking for other sources of funding for the WHO, saying its US$2.3 billion budget was"very, very small" for a global agency, around that of a medium sized hospital in the developed world.
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