Statement
In general the public believe that well-known, pan-national institutions such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) are run / funded by member states and governments for the public good.
In fact, along with leading universities such as Imperial College, and financial bodies such as the Bank of England and Federal Reserve Banks (the US Fed, European Central bank etc), they are either private organisations or funded by private money. Where these institutions are funded by private money this usually come from private charities and / or organisations, which are not impartial and likely set up to support and promote funders’ agendas.
Let’s explore further: independent research shows, for example, that The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ostensibly a charity but which also operates a for-profit Gates Foundation Trust alongside the Foundation, is one of the major contributors to WHO and GAVI, and the Vaccine Alliance which is a public–private global health partnership.
