Freedom Rider: Privatized Ebola | Black Agenda Report
The
largest contributor to the WHO budget is not a government. It is the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which provides more funding than
either the United States or the United Kingdom. WHO actions and
priorities are no longer the result of the consensus of the world’s
people but top down decision making from wealthy philanthropists.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation may appear to be a savior when it
provides $300 million to the WHO budget, but those dollars come with
strings attached. WHO director general Dr. Margaret Chan admitted as
much when she said, “My budget [is] highly earmarked, so it is driven by
what I call donor interests.” Instead of being on the front line when a
communicable disease crisis appears, it spends its time administering
what Gates and his team have determined is best.
