Hasina's daughter resigns as WHO regional director amid fraud allegations

When a prominent regional director of the World Health Organization steps down amid fraud allegations, the event speaks to something older than any single institution: the persistent tension between power inherited through proximity and the impartial trust that public health demands. Sajeela Wazed Joy, daughter of Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has resigned from her post overseeing WHO's South-East Asia office, a role touching the health of nearly two billion people. Her departure arrives as Bangladesh itself navigates political turbulence, weaving together questions of family infl