Opinion: Focused projects can help Tedros restore confidence in the WHO
By careful attention to focused projects, Tedros can help the World Health Organization rebuild its reputation as an organization that is a force for change, not one that papers over…
Like many people around the world, I was dismayed last month by the appointment of Robert Mugabe, the embattled president of Zimbabwe, as a World Health Organization . While I believe it is important for the WHO to work with political leaders of every variety, Mugabe’s record in Zimbabwe, which has led to incredible pressure for him to step down, made him profoundly unsuitable for such a role. That wasn’t the only reason this decision seemed so extraordinary to me: It stands as an outlier, WHO’s newly elected director-general.
