new delhi who funds the world health organisation figures extracted from the un health bodys documents for the 201021 period show voluntary contributions account for maximum funding and that it has risen from 75 in 2010 to 88 in 2021 according to research published in the bmj global health an open access peerreviewed journal that publishes research on all aspects of global healththe who receives financial contributions in two main forms assessed contributions acs and voluntary contributions vcs the bmj global health study says the acs received from member states are fully flexible meaning who can decidehow that money is spentin contrast vcs that who receives from member states and nonstate actors from both profit and notforprofit sectors are overwhelmingly earmarked that is they come with conditions that specify the programmes and projects that the donor will fund according to the study there has been no change across the decade in the ranking of vcs by donor type with member states contributing the most followed by philanthropies other un agenciesthough the contributions from philanthropies remained significant they account for a declining percentage of the total vcs to who falling from a high of 24 in 2016 to 17 in 2020 the private forprofit sector vcs to who have also steadily declined from a high of 3 in 2016 to 1 in 2020 the study says it adds that across the period 201011 to 202021 in terms of monetary value the usa has contributed the most vcs to who followed by the bill and melinda gates foundation and the uk