@article{89f843b1548f4c58bbfeebe75d78d6b6,
title = "The urgent need to protect WHO is also an opportunity",
author = "Salminen, {Mika O.} and Otto Helve and Henrik Ullum and Herwig Ostermann and Claudia Habl and Guri R{\o}rtveit and Martins, {Maria do Ros{\'a}rio O.} and Caroline Semaille",
note = "Funding Information: All authors are senior leaders of government national level public health agencies or equivalent, with specific national functions equal to and overlapping with those of WHO at the global level, and are funded to a variable, but substantial extent by annually determined government appropriations. MOS has received funding from the EU research and development funding programmes (Horizon Europe) and EU Directorate General Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (DG HERA); financial support for travel from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, DG HERA, European Science Foundation, and the European Space Agency; is the Head of the Finnish delegation to the UNAIDS programming coordinating board; was a member of the HERA advisory forum (2020\u201323); is an executive board member and treasurer for the International Association of Public Health Institutes (2024); and was a member of Finland's delegation to the World Health Assembly (2023\u201324). All other authors declare no competing interests. Opinions expressed in this correspondence are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official positions of their national governments.",
year = "2025",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00264-8",
language = "English",
volume = "405",
pages = "693--693",
journal = "The Lancet",
issn = "0140-6736",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "10480",
}