about 9 years ago // WHO Election

Director-general candidate Tedros of Ethiopia says he would begin reforming the World Health Organization by listening to concerns and assessing priorities. Member states should up their funding commitment if they want a real decision-making power in the organization's future, he tells Devex.

about 9 years ago // WHO election

Whoever wins among six candidates for the director-generalship of the World Health Organization will have a consequential impact on the future of agency and of global public health itself. Candidates are promising leadership and bold change. But any reform will have to contest with a WHO's fraught budget, demanding member states and a stultifying bureaucracy. Devex takes an exclusive look at the stakes behind the vote.

over 15 years ago // Exclusive Interview

For 12 years now, the United Nations Foundation has helped to broaden the U.S. government’s support for the U.N. UNF CEO Kathy Buskin Calvin talks with Devex about successes and challenges in lobbying for U.N. funding and an increased focus on the Millennium Development Goals.