There’s no official U.S. delegation at this year’s 78th World Health Assembly, but that hasn’t stopped the U.S. from throwing down punches on the World Health Organization at its own gathering.
In a video address on Tuesday shown at the WHA, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. invited health ministers to join the United States in a “new era of cooperation.”
“We don’t have to suffer the limits of a moribund WHO. Let’s create new institutions or revisit existing institutions that are lean, efficient, transparent, and accountable,” Kennedy said.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
