9) WHO

Question 1

What are the 4 types of contributions to WHO ?

Answer 1

1) Assessed contributions
2) Specified voluntary contributions
3) Core voluntary contributions
4) PIP contributions (Pandemic Influenza Preparedness)

Question 2

What are Assessed contributions ?

Answer 2

These are payments made by the country to be a member of WHO. This amount is calculated relative to country’s wealth and population

Question 3

What are Voluntary contributions ?

Answer 3

Voluntary contribution from States

Question 4

What are Core voluntary contributions ?

Answer 4

These allow less well funded activities to benefit from a better flow of resources and ease implementation bottlenecks that arise when immediate financing is lacking or

Core voluntary contributionsare funds provided to WHO that are fully flexible at the level of the Programme Budget, or highly flexible at category level, and are an important component of WHO’s financing model.

Question 5

What are PIP contributions ?

Answer 5

Started in 2011 to support developing countries by increasing their access to vaccines during pandemics