BMJ 2006;333 (11 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.0-d
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WHO needs a major refocus
The World Health Organization has not lived up to its mandate and needs to be refocused, says Ruth Levine (10.1136/bmj.39020.383102.68) in her open letter to the incoming director general. The author points to an inadequate budget, lack of clear priorities, and tension between politics and science as the three mutually reinforcing problems that must be dealt with for the organisation to be effective. In the face of a growing number of narrowly focused public and private global health initiatives, WHO needs to take up the reins and lead.
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