A friend sent this link to me, highlighting a critical comment about the future of the World Health Organization, in the context of the World Malaria Report 2012. Here's an excerpt of the comment by William Jobin:
Their 2012 Annual Report is a very disturbing report from WHO, for at least two reasons:1. Their program is gradually falling apart, and they offer no way to refocus, no strategy for dealing with the loss in funding, nor the brick wall of drug and biocide resistance which is just down the road. There is a label for people who keep doing the same thing, but expect different results. Do you remember what it is?
2. Because the entire top management of WHO consists of physicians, they have no idea of the opportunities they are missing for additional funding and for additional methods to add to their chemically-oriented strategy...
Concluding with:
I am not sure WHO has much of a future, nor does the UN system itself, after their failure to prevent the wars in Libya and Syria. But as long as the UN and WHO continue to operate, they must refocus their approach to face the reality of a rapidly declining budget from UN sources. Instead, I see them just re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
My friend said, "I wish these comments (and issues with the WHO and UN) were more publicised! This is not the first time I am hearing of such issues with the WHO and its demise." I've certainly heard similar sentiments about the WHO from classmates and professors, but it seems there's much less open discussion than you might expect. I'd welcome discussion in the comments...