The Lancet has published an open letter supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) and its network of Collaborating Centres, many of which were quietly established across the globe over many decades. With the recent amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the willingness of governments to adopt them, national authorities have effectively surrendered their ability to make independent decisions for their own populations. This shift centralises power and control into the hands of a single global entity: the WHO.
The Lancet’s open letter in defense of the World Health Organisation reflects a narrow, self-preserving stance by individuals closely tied to the institution. It ignores the Organisation’s recent failures in transparency and accountability. The letter presents the funding freeze as unethical, yet fails to acknowledge widespread concerns about WHO’s centralisation of authority and influence from private interests. Rather than calling for meaningful reform, the signatories, many of whom are financially connected to WHO, advocate continued funding for a centralised system that, during the so-called “pandemic,” promoted harmful policies and unproven and dangerous medical interventions.
Read and Download the Response to The Lancet Open Letter from World Council for Health
World Council for Health requests transparency from the WHO and the Collaborating Centres (CC) in the form of:
1) Copies of all WHO CC activities, workplans, projects, deliverables, intellectual property rights / patents and funding associated with every WHO CC for the period of 2018 – 2025
2) A commitment from WHO experts to engage in transparent, respectful, public debate with World Council for Health regarding WHO’s performance over the past five years, the IHR 2005 amendments and the WHO’s new Pandemic Treaty
About the WHO Collaborating Centres
It is time for transparency. There are approximately 797 Collaborating Centres in 93 countries supporting WHO programmes. The WHO Collaboration Centres’ activities, workplans, deliverables, intellectual property, patents and funding associated with the WHO CC designation periods are not transparent nor available for review. These Centres have allegiance to the WHO first before the people.
Find out more about the WHO Collaborating Centres
How You Can Support
Share this response with your politicians and insist they reject the IHR 2024 Amendments immediately and insist on a full independent inquiry into the secretive WHO Collaborating Centres and conflicts of interest with these public / private partnerships / collaborations. Together we must resist the overreach of unelected global health bodies that prioritise centralised control and reject in the strongest terms, a one-size-fits-all approach over health sovereignty and informed consent.
The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
Resources:
The Lancet Open Letter in Support of the WHO
The Lancet Open Letter in Support of the WHO – Signatories
A Guide to WHO Collaborating Centres of the WHO
About the WHO Collaborating Centres
World Council for Health Exit the WHO
