Stripped of US funding, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief asked member countries to support its "extremely modest" budget request by comparing it to the cost of war or outlays for ad campaigns for tobacco.
After nearly 80 years of striving to improve human lives and health – which critics say it has done poorly or not enough – the United Nations health agency is fighting for its own after US President Donald Trump halted funding from the United States, which has traditionally been WHO’s largest donor.
