1. WHO mandate 1. Preamble to WHO constitution (1946) 2. Alma Ata Movement 3. [[Universal Health Coverage]] 4. [[Health for All]] 2. [[WHO six core functions]] 3. WHO relation with other global actors, such WB/IMF, WTO, other UN Agencies 1. History with UNICEF on [[selective PHC]] 4. WHO public private parnerships, NGO, private foundations 1. [[The World Health Organisation is a donor driven agency]] 5. Critics on WHO 1. [[WHO is too focused on biomedical perspective]] 2. [[Throughout its history, WHO has been challenged by state on national sovereignty]] 3. [[WHO suffers from weak institutional capacity of the complex economic and trade issues negotiated in the WTO]] 4. [[WHO is pulled between health ideologies they should promote, between social medicine advocated by UK and Belgium versus United States' focus on individual risk factors]] 5. [[The autonomous regional office of WHO caused criticism of the WHO, that it is not a single organisation, but seven organisations working at odds]] 6. [[Why does the world still need WHO?]] 1. Many new donors on health sector, such as WB and Gates 2. IHR where there is a supranational entity that will coordinate the world under one command. Now IHR is revised — that strengthens member states' trust in WHO to ensure equitable and justice for all MS. This view echoed by [[@gostinWorldHealthOrganization2024]] evaluation of WHO as normative agency after 75 years, that WHO must act to safeguard equity and human rights as the guiding principle as it be the normative agency in global health arena. 3. On the other hand, WHO has a [[WHA as a platform, WHO as a negotiation hub]] that cover 190+ MS. Other initiative might be more effective, or WHO might be slow, but once it is there, the impact will be truly worldwide. 4. WHO who serves a technical support in country level is the best agency to serve country to access funding and other supports rather than having to navigate through the maze of partnerships and idiosyncratic philanthropy sector. 7. What would happen if WHO is not the single leader in global health policy? 1. We have seen proliferation of new actors and placed themselves in wide range of determinants of health where it serves their best interest and scope of influence, including global public private partnerships with corporate actors, including pharmaceutical industry. For example: Gavi, Global Fund, UNAIDS. ## Related Notes [[@gostinWorldHealthOrganization2024]] [[global health policy]] [[How does neoliberalism shape global health policy?]]