In 2025, the WHO Face one revenue loss of US $ 600 million And he has no choice but to start cutting, explained the general director of the institution, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in an email sent on March 28 to the UN staff staff.
Since Donald Trump returned To the White House in January, the US President announced the withdrawal of your WHO country And he decided to freeze the help of the United States abroad, including important programs to improve healthcare throughout the world.
Trump He claimed that he made his decision for the difference in the contributions of Washington and Beijing, and accused WHO of being scamming his country.
The United States was, from afar, WHO’s largest donor. In the last biannual budget cycle, 2022-2023, Washington contributed up to US $ 1,300 millionwhich represented 16.3 % of the total budget, which was US $ 7,890 million.
The announcement of the United States, combined with Recent public aid reductions to the development of some countries to finance the increase in defense spendinghas made our situation much more critical, says Tedros.
In February, the WHO Executive Council reduced the proposed budget for 2026-2027, of US $ 5,300 million to US $ 4,900 million.
Since then, the prospects for development aid have deteriorated, tedros recalled, so it was decided to propose to the Member States a even smaller budgetof US $ 4,200 million, he explained. A 21 % decrease compared to the initially proposed budget, he said.
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Most of the US financing It came from voluntary contributions for specific projectsmore than a fixed participation.
These measures will apply first at the headquarters, starting with the high leaders, but will affect all levels and all regions, Tedros added in their message.