No. 268: The WHO’s Dilemma in Global Outbreak Response

Author(s): Jan Thiel
Series Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 268
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Place: Zurich

There is nothing exceptional about the World Health Organization’s (WHO) alleged pro-China bias during the coronavirus pandemic. Chronic underfunding and a toothless mandate often leave the UN agency with political appeasement as its only means of ensuring the cooperation of an affected country. In spite of this, the necessary reforms are not in the pipeline.

Download:

English (PDF)
German (PDF)
French (PDF)

Graphics:

WHO Funding