Can the World Health Organization still be the World’s health conscience? - 2 | A house built on donor sand

Can the World Health Organization still be the World’s health conscience?

The world’s health guardian lives on the charity of those it must sometimes defy.

Author's summary: WHO faces challenges in speaking truth to science due to political funding.

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Ümit Kartoğlu discusses the issue with Dr. Monir Islam, who notes that the perception of WHO being too political and less science-driven is "not entirely unfounded."

"This perception, while sometimes oversimplified, is not entirely unfounded,"

Dr. Islam explains, highlighting the complexities of an institution funded by politics while striving to speak the truth of science.

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BirGün BirGün — 2025-11-02

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