Why Africa can’t trust WHO’s priorities

The World Health Organization presents itself as a global authority, but its biggest donors reveal whose interests really shape its agenda.

Alkebulanians,

Welcome back.

So we’ve been talking this month about birth rates in Africa and contraception. Specifically, we’ve focused on African women and their reproduction, which is outpacing any group in the world.

Check out the other articles in the series in my archive.

In the next article in the series: If money shapes the policy, who shapes the story? Because just as WHO bends to its donors, the media bends to its owners.

In this article, I want to delve into an organisation some of you may have heard of but few of you know anything about. I’m talking about the WHO.

By the end of this post you’ll not only know exactly what they are but who funds them and what may be motivating them to relate to Africa the way they have been historically.

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