Artikler i internationale nyhedsmedier anklager Verdenssundheds-organisationen for ikke at stå frit i forhold til store koncerner, der fremstiller og markedsfører fast-food kloden over – WHO: Vi får ikke penge fra dem.
GENEVA, 19 November 2012: The top United Nations health official Monday emphasized the World Health Organization’s (WHO) independence in its work to set global standards and guidelines in the fight against obesity (fedme)-related diseases, saying that recent media claims to the contrary are wrong.
“Several recent media articles are creating misinformation and confusion in the public health arena,” WHO’s Director-General, Dr. Margaret Chan, said in a statement issued by the Geneva-based agency.
“These articles are erroneously (fejlagtigt) suggesting that, in working to reduce noncommunicable (ikke-smitsomme) diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular (hjertekar) diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (luftvejslidelser) and diabetes, WHO receives funding from the food and beverage industry,” she added.
Dr. Chan went on to “set the record straight” about a 19 October ‘Special Report’ by the news agency Thomson Reuters, the world’s largest news agency, and another news item, on 1 November, by the U.S. magazine Mother Jones.
Combating NCDs is a priority for WHO because they contribute to the deaths of 36 million people – representing 63 per cent of all deaths – annually around the world, according to Dr. Chan.
With 14 million of those who die under 70 years of age, WHO regards their deaths as “premature and largely preventable,” she added.
Under a headline stating ‘Food, beverage industry pays for seat at health-policy table,’ the Thomson Reuters news item claims WHO’s regional office in Mexico has “not only” turned to food and beverage companies for advice on how to fight obesity-related ailments in that country, but also accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from them.
The news item identifies the WHO regional office as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
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