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Summary
WHO and YT
https://www.who.int/teams/digital-health-and-innovation/digital-channels/combatting-misinformation-online
WHO works with social media policy departments to ensure company policy and guidelines for content providers are fit for purpose.
John’s e mail
enquiries@drjohncampbell.co.uk
https://www.who.int/campaigns/connecting-the-world-to-combat-coronavirus/how-to-report-misinformation-online
WHO provide a helpful guide on how to report misinformation online
Inaccurate information spreads widely and at speed,
making it more difficult for the public to identify verified facts and advice from trusted sources, such as their local health authority or WHO.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9795167?hl=en
As a starting point in the UK, only NHS organisations are being invited to self-certify against the NHS Standard for Creating Health Content.
By completing the self-certification process, an NHS organisation channel will be eligible for information panels indicating NHS credibility.
From FDA to MHRA: are drug regulators for hire?
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1538.full
Regulatory agencies, large proportions of their budgets,
funded by the industry they are sworn to regulate
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
1992, Prescription Drug User Fee Act, allowing industry to fund the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) directly through “user fees”
Net PDUFA fees collected
$29m in 1993
$884m in 2016 (65% of budget)
FDA, 9 out of 10 of its past commissioners between 2006 and 2019 went on to secure roles linked with pharmaceutical companies
European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Industry fees funded 20% European Medicines Agency (EMA), in 1995
By 2010, 75%
Today, 89%
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
86% of funding from Pharmaceutical Industry
Australia
https://www.tga.gov.au
Proportion of TGA budget derived from industry, 96%
WHO funding
https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNzNmNTRkMWEtNmZjMS00NzdjLWEyMDYtYWExYzA4NzVhZGQwIiwidCI6ImY2MTBjMGI3LWJkMjQtNGIzOS04MTBiLTNkYzI4MGFmYjU5MCIsImMiOjh9
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/who-funds-world-health-organization-un-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-trump/
The second-largest funder is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which provides 9.8% of the WHO's funds
Appendix
https://genius.com/George-orwell-nineteen-eighty-four-appendix-the-principles-of-newspeak-annotated