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WHO should invest more in global health reforms emergencies

A Vietnamese woman repatriated from Wuhan, where the SARS-like coronavirus COVID-19 originated, carries a child as she walks upon her arrival at the Van Don airport in Vietnam's Quang Ninh province on February 10, 2020. PHOTO | SON NGUYEN | AFP

By  PHILI[ STEVENS

Last week, the World Health Organization’s Executive Board met in Geneva to set the year’s agenda for global health.

As the United Nations agency responsible for global health, the WHO has a full in-tray.

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