Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) is freezing recruitment, restricting travel, and cutting expenses following the U.S. withdrawal, its largest funding source.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned staff of worsening financial pressures and announced measures such as limiting technical missions, virtual-only meetings, renegotiating contracts, and halting office refurbishments.
Critics, like global health consultant Fifa Rahman, say the U.S. move harms global health preparedness.
Italy’s Deputy PM Matteo Salvini has also proposed withdrawing from the WHO, though Italy’s Prime Minister has not taken a stance.
Wasn’t Trump concerned the WHO was China run? Cutting funding means China will have an even larger influence.
It’s some kind of intense mental gymnastics to think the Trump administration has a thought process behind their policies…
“China runs it? I want nothing to do with it!”
Stupid, to be sure, but he’s not running on rational, but emotional reasoning.