The key point: Swissinfo publishes on 1 November 2026 an interview with Budi Sadikin, Indonesian candidate for the leadership of the WHO.
The candidate's profile
- Minister of Health : Budi Sadikin currently heads this ministry in Indonesia.
- Background in finance : he was a senior executive at Indonesia's largest bank.
- Claimed asset : this experience should help him reform the WHO, which faces sharp funding cuts.
His priorities for the WHO
- Health equity : in a pandemic, emergency treatments should become global public goods.
- United States : he is counting on his good relations with Washington to encourage its return to the WHO.
- Cooperation : in his view, no country can protect its population alone during a pandemic.
In short
This is the second episode of a series produced with the Global Health Centre of the Geneva Graduate Institute. Budi Sadikin highlights his financial experience and global health solidarity.
