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World Health Organization scales back work after funding cuts
- As of May 14, 2025, the World Health Organization announced it had cut its management staff by 50% and planned to scale back its activities.
- This followed the United States' announcement four months earlier to leave the WHO and cut funding, triggering budget and staffing cuts.
- WHO plans include cutting staff costs by 25%, reducing departments from 76 to 34, and closing offices in high-income countries.
- Dr. Tedros emphasized that the organization must make tough decisions about its priorities as it faces a proposed 21% budget reduction to $4.2 billion, which would still represent only about 60% of the necessary funding.
- These measures mean WHO will limit its work scope and seek member states' agreement to raise mandatory fees to maintain operations.
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More than 200 jobs cut at International Labour Organization as US slashes funding
GENEVA - The Geneva-based International Labour Organization (ILO) has axed about 225 jobs due to cutbacks in U.S. funding at the United Nations agency, its head said on Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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The Irish Independent’s View: Mike Ryan leaving the WHO is a loss to world health
The withdrawal of the United States from global institutions has been a disturbing element of the Trump administration’s second term in office. The president has tasked his sidekick, Elon Musk, with butchering the federal budget.
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