The world’s health guardian lives on the charity of those it must sometimes defy. Can an institution funded by politics still speak the truth of science?
Dr. Monir Islam and I speak at length about the claim that WHO has grown too political and less science-driven. He concedes that such perceptions are not entirely misplaced.
This perception, while sometimes oversimplified, is not entirely unfounded, he explains.
Author's summary: WHO faces challenges in speaking truth to science due to political funding.