On June 11, 2009, Margaret Chan, the director-general of the
WHO, announced that a “pandemic emergency”—or worldwide
epidemic—of H1N1 influenza was officially underway. Governments
around the world placed immediate orders for anti-flu drugs and
vaccines. The predicted dire emergency did not occur. The WHO
maintains that its decisions were based on the best available
evidence, but last year European governments, stuck with
hundreds of millions of euros’ worth of unused medicines and
vaccines, began asking questions. The World Bank and Money for
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