Dear candidates for the position of the next WHO Director-General… – Answers by Flavio Bustreo

Q1: Increased core funding of WHO During the last financing dialogue in November 2016 there was a heated debate on the proposal by WHO’s Director-General Margaret Chan to increase the assessed contributions (ACs) by WHO member states by 10%. This increase has been proposed to fund WHO’s core capacities and ensure its normative work can be sustained, and is…