INDONESIA’S health minister, who is vying for the World Health Organization’s top job, said Monday he was in favour of countries paying higher mandatory contributions to offset the slash to its budget from the US withdrawal.
Budi Gunadi Sadikin told AFP the UN’s health agency should focus on reprioritizing its spending rather than chasing replacement funding — allocating bigger amounts for fewer projects. “The priority is to review the functions (of the WHO), get the agreement of the countries and then… we look for the (new) money,” said the minister, who is one of seven candidates for the post of WHO director general.
The first place to look for new funding would be from within, he said. “Every country says the WHO needs to be sustainable. You cannot be sustainable if your membership contribution is only 20 per cent or 30 per cent” of the total budget, Budi said.
AFP
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