GENEVA/LONDON: The World Well being Group will reduce prices and assessment which well being programmes to prioritise after america introduced its exit, its chief instructed workers in an inside memo seen by Reuters.
US President Donald Trump introduced the withdrawal on the primary day of his second time period on Monday (Jan 20), alleging that the worldwide well being company had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and different worldwide well being crises.
“This announcement has made our monetary scenario extra acute,” WHO Director-Normal Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned in a memo to workers dated Jan 23. It mentioned that the company deliberate to considerably scale back journey expenditure and halt recruitment as a part of a sequence of cost-saving measures.
A WHO spokesperson confirmed the memo was genuine however declined to remark additional.
The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that the US was as a result of withdraw from the WHO on Jan 22, 2026.
The US is by far the WHO’s greatest monetary backer, contributing round 18 per cent of its total funding. WHO’s most up-to-date two-year price range, for 2024-2025, was US$6.8 billion.
