World Health Organization

:For other meanings of the acronym 'WHO', see WHO (disambiguation)

Partnership

As a UN agency, the WHO is financed through the UN system by contributions from member states. In recent years, the WHO's work has involved more collaboration with NGOs and the pharmaceutical industry, as well as with foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Some of these collaborations may be considered public-private partnerships http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/publications/pdf/partnerships.pdf; half the WHO budget is financed by private foundations and industry.

Related Topics:
NGO - Pharmaceutical industry - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation - Public-private partnership

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Some WHO-private sector partnerships

• PATH: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (http://www.path.org)
• IAVI: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (http://www.iavi.org)
• MMV: Medicines for Malaria Venture (http://www.mmv.org)
• MVI: Malaria Vaccine Initiative (http://www.malariavaccine.org)
• TB Alliance: Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (http://www.tballiance.org)
• Aeras: Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation (http://aeras.org)
• IPM: International Partnership for Microbicides (http://www.ipm-microbicides.org)
• PDVI: Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (http://www.pdvi.org)
• FIND: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (http://www.finddiagnostics.org)
• IOWH: Institute for One World Health (http://www.oneworldhealth.org)
• DNDi: Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (http://www.dndi.org)