his year's World Health Assembly (WHA) was critically important to the future of the World Health Organization (WHO).The 68th Assembly took 3 major steps to improve global health security: a global health emergency workforce, an emergency contingency fund, and a review of the International Health Regulations (IHR).Sadly, it failed to address WHO's deep structural problems, which could threaten its legitimacy for a generation.The question asked by the WHO Independent Panel in July was how to make the Organization fit for purpose, including transformations in culture, leadership, and funding. 1
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