Anil Soni will join the new WHO Foundation in January after eight years with the multinational pharmaceutical Viatris.
Hoping to strengthen its funding, the World Health Organisation is appointing a CEO to a foundation intended to bring in more private donations, which should leave the global health body less vulnerable if a country withdraws or cuts funding as the United States did.
Anil Soni will join the new WHO Foundation in January after eight years with the multinational pharmaceutical Viatris.
This year’s global coronavirus pandemic, as well as the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the world health body, has exposed WHO’s fragile funding base. The organisation relies largely upon voluntary contributions from member nations as well as a handful of large foundations. That has left it open to criticism that it’s vulnerable to outside influence at the expense of global health priorities.
In an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the WHO Foundation…