WHO: Unease over seconded philanthropic foundation staff to top managementÂ
Geneva, 9 December (TWN) – Philanthropic foundations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Nations Foundation have seconded their staffers to top management positions at the World Health Organization.
A UN Foundation staffer was placed in the office of the Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan as senior strategist (D1 level) for a 24-month contract this year. One Gates Foundation staffer is seconded at P5 level as manager of program operations and cluster management at the Polio and Emergencies Cluster.Read more Â
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The Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2015 – Business of Malnutrition
New publication –  the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2o15
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This includes three articles contributed by IBFAN.
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The Business of Malnutrition: The perfect public relations cover for big food  by Patti Rundall, Policy Director, Baby Milk Action, UK   Business of Malnutrition, RTF -
The Origins of ‘Multi-Stakeholderism’—Why Words Matter  by Lida Lhotska, IBFAN –GIFA  (inside the above article) -
Nutrition policies taken hostage by multinationals and conflicts of interest: the obesity and diabetes epidemic in Mexico by Marcos Arana Cedeño and Xaviera Cabada from IBFAN LAC Obesity in Mexico RTF Read more
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WHO opens the doors wide to corporate influence, 68th World Health Assembly, UN Palais
Geneva 18th May 2015 : English , Spanish , Portuguese