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Never Let a Crisis Go To Waste
April 14, 2020
The coronavirus is spreading and for the first time in history virtually all people on earth are faced with the same, imminent common threat. With multifold stories of individual suffering and an unprecedented global lockdown, there is an intensifying call for an internationally coordinated response...
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Hooray for Antibiotic-Free Chickens! But We Can't Stop There
April 30, 2015
It seems the era of feeding large volumes of antibiotics to chickens to promote growth and prevent disease is on its way out. Tyson Foods announced it will join fellow producers, Perdue and Pilgrim’s Pride, and large buyers, such as McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, and Chipotle, in sha...
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Selecting WHO’s Next Africa Regional Director: An Interview with Candidate Dr. Matshidiso Moeti
October 30, 2014
In November, the World Health Organization will select its next regional director for Africa. As we wrote in a previous blog, this position is not posted publicly and has no independent mechanism in place to recommend, interview, and evaluate the best qualified candidates.
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Hiring Reform at WHO
October 15, 2014
When I wished for hiring reform at the World Health Organization on October 7, I got some welcome feedback on the tough politics that need to be solved in order to genuinely reform the WHO.
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An Opportunity for Hiring Reform: Selecting WHO’s Next Africa Regional Director
October 07, 2014
One of the most important jobs in the world will be decided in early November: the World Health Organization’s (WHO) next regional director for Africa. With an annual budget of more than US$1 billion (about 30 percent of the WHO budget) and responsibility for “leadership in matters criti...
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Does Health Aid Reach the Poor?
March 20, 2014
A new report by the World Health Organization argues that the poor should be prioritized under universal health coverage (UHC). To that end, the WHO makes three arguments.