WHO trænger til en ordentlig overhaling – det siger chefen såmænd selv
GENEVA, 16th May, 2011: The World Health Organization (WHO) needs to be revamped (fornyet), Director-General Margaret Chan said Monday, as a drop in voluntary contributions by member states has burnt a hole in the UN body’s finances.
– Reform is essential. And WHO is now embarking on the most extensive administrative, managerial, and financial reforms, especially financial accountability, in its 63 year history, Chan told delegates as the UN agency kicked off its 64th assembly.
Despite the ongoing financial pressures she said the international community cannot afford to neglect health spending.
– We cannot allow the loss of essential medicines, essential cures for many millions of people, to become the next global crisis, she stressed.
Chan noted that new vaccines, medicines and other technologies are successfully combating killer diseases and saving lives.
While the achievements spell good news, Chan said the world has many obstacles to face and warns complacency (selvtilfredshed) in meeting the challenges will be deadly.
– I am referring to the food and fuel crises, and most especially to the 2008 financial crisis, that proved to be so rapidly and ruthlessly contagious (afsmittende), affecting countries that contributed nothing to the causes, she said.
– I am referring to the health effects of climate change, that are now being felt in all parts of the world. I am referring to the obstacles thrown our way by policies made in other sectors, especially those that contribute to the rise of chronic non-communicable diseases, Chan added.
Chans tale med status på kampen mod de store sygdomme læses på
http://www.who.int/dg/speeches/2011/wha_20110516/en/index.html
Kilde:www.worldbank.org
