Resumen de World Health Organization Reform-- A Normative or an Operational Organization?
The author reflects on World Health Organization (WHO) reform as of 2016, and it mentions organizational and operational structures, as well as initiatives launched by several former WHO directors-general such as Hiroshi Nakajima and Halfdan Mahler. The WHO's responses to Ebola and other infectious disease outbreaks are examined, along with global public health research and public-private partnerships. Debates about the WHO's core mission and objectives are assessed.
