Listen: It’s a Small World Health Organization
What happens if the United States pulls out of the WHO during the pandemic?
On this episode of Social Distance, James Hamblin and Katherine Wells talk with Kelley Lee, a professor of public health at Simon Fraser University, about the history, necessity, and vulnerability of the World Health Organization.
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What follows is an edited and condensed transcript of their conversation.
Katherine Wells: What exactly is the WHO?
In a nutshell, it is the United Nations’ specialized agency for health. It was formed in 1948 and
