The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, sent a letter to organizations engaged in negotiating as part of the Africa Group in the WHO. This letter, first published by Geneva Health Files, has created a stir, perhaps because it advises the block of countries to continue to negotiate in a unified manner. This unified approach to negotiating could disrupt the objectives of the US and Europe.
International public health is a mess. Once seen generally as a public good, the focus of the World Health Organization (WHO) now more closely resembles a scheme for extracting private profit from the public purse. Wealthy corporations drive a ‘public-private partnership’ agenda…
“When the world faces a complex global shock, we must ensure that all parts of the multilateral system are accountable for contributing to a collective response. No single agency exists to gather stakeholders in the event of complex global shocks. The United Nations is the only organization that can fulfil this role.”…
