Germany overtakes US as top donor as WHO chief urges funding reform

FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization logo is pictured outside the old and the new WHO buildings, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that Germany had become its largest donor, supplanting Washington, and called for broad changes to reform its funding model.

The United States is resisting a financing proposal that would make the U.N. health body more independent, raising doubts about the Biden administration's long-term support for the agency.