WHO Chief Announces Hiring Freeze, Budget Cuts in Wake of US Exit Plans
Trump appears to be conducting his own health experiment on the American public: Testing our tolerance for high levels of winning.
President Donald Trump appears to be conducting his own health experiment on the American public: Testing our tolerance for high winning levels.
Shortly after Trump was inaugurated, he signed an executive order pulling the country from the World Health Organization (WHO) and slashing funding on our way out the door.
In turn, WHO has announced significant budget cuts and a hiring freeze in response to the US decision to withdraw from the organization. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus informed staff via email that the US withdrawal “has made our financial situation more acute” and has created “significant concern and uncertainty for the WHO workforce.”
The U.S. contribution to WHO was $1.3 billion between 2022 and 2023. The money helps fund public health work including controlling deadly diseases.
Total program budget for WHO for 2022-2023 was $6.7 billion.
WHO said on X earlier this week it regrets the U.S. decision to leave the organization and hopes the decision will be reconsidered.
Global health consultant Fifa Rohman told Politico public health in the United States could be harmed in dealing with pandemics without WHO.
She said dealing with misinformation in pandemics could be more problematic for the U.S. without WHO.
After our experience with COVID-19 and all the disinformation (including everything I had to counter and was proven right about), I think our levels of correct information will be much higher.
Many Americans feel the same way about this global health organization as well.
WHO notifies staff of hiring freeze, budget cuts due to U.S. leaving. Thank you @KLVeritas for your dedication and work against the WHO! https://t.co/jyraGHPz2o
— Thomas D Murphy US Senate candidate, SC (R) (@tommurphy8485) January 25, 2025
The news gets better. WHO is going to have to trim its travel budgets and prioritize expenditures.
In response, the WHO is “freezing recruitment, except in the most critical areas” and “significantly reducing travel expenditure.” All meetings must now be fully virtual unless in exceptional circumstances, and missions to provide technical support to countries should be “limited to the most essential.”
Other measures include limits to the replacement of IT equipment, a renegotiation of major contracts, and a suspension of office refurbishments and capital investments, unless needed for security or cost-cutting.
“This set of measures is not comprehensive, and more will be announced in due course,” the email added. “I thank those staff who have already sent suggestions for mobilizing resources and further improving our efficiency and cost-effectiveness, and I invite all staff to do the same.”
WHO can join the American health and medical agencies on the bench, which are also experiencing funding pauses as the Trump administration installs watchdogs to evaluate exactly what type of science is actually needed and helpful for this nation.
Our nation is the WHO’s largest financial contributor, providing approximately 18% of the organization’s budget, which amounts to around $261 million for the years 2024 and 2025.
@WHO was 100% dependent on USA $500M to stay afloat. While other countries never paid their fair share.
WHO notifies staff of hiring freeze, budget cuts due to U.S. leaving.
Yahoo article: https://t.co/pTly7XQop2pic.twitter.com/rJ3ZH5FJ5N— 3Evision 🇺🇸 (@3Evision) January 26, 2025
That contribution is followed in second place by China at $181m. The WHO’s loss of its top donor will impact the global health agency’s ability to address major crises from tuberculosis to HIV/AIDS and global pandemics, according to experts.
I will point out that WHO and all its global health activities have not stopped the spread of bird flu or monkeypox, which I have covered for several years.
And lack of spending on our border security has now put the nation at risk for dengue fever, malaria, and other tropical diseases, and we now have reported locally acquired cases after many years of being free of such.
So add another $260 million to the DOGE savings counter, and let the winning continue.
You can track DOGE savings on the debt clock now. pic.twitter.com/JGNmbgBEk2
— Bev🐾🐈❄️☃️🌲❤️🤍💙🇺🇸 (@bevand09) January 24, 2025
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Yes, the WHO is a source of anti-U.S. politicized “information.” It will continue to be out there, but the U.S. doesn’t have to pay for it.
WHO was also a despicably willing/credulous/compliant parrot mouthpiece for Chinese communist regime propaganda, regarding the Wuhan virus.
WHO?
Oh you mean Dr. Tedros WHO was head of Tigray Peoples Liberation Front gangster mafia that ruled Ethiopia from 1991-2018.
Tedros, WHO’s as much a doctor as Dr Jill, having a doctor of philosophy degree.
Tedros, WHO named Mugabe a “goodwill ambassador” to combat non-communicable diseases in Africa.
“A fine man all around”, said Biden reading from his note card written by a 3rd grader in the back room of the white house.
“Global health consultant Fifa Rohman told Politico public health in the United States could be harmed in dealing with pandemics without WHO.
She said dealing with misinformation in pandemics could be more problematic for the U.S. without WHO.”
America was harmed by WHO misinformation. There should no be any further funding for WHO, EVER!
There has to be a lesson here but the globalist will never learn you dont bite the hand.
“WHO said on X earlier this week it regrets the U.S. decision to leave the organization and hopes the decision will be reconsidered.”
Of COURSE they regret the decision, because their salaries and staff will be cut, and now they’ll have to fly Economy class.
“Global health consultant Fifa Rohman told Politico public health in the United States could be harmed in dealing with pandemics without WHO.”
LOL. Look how badly public health was harmed WITH WHO.
“She said dealing with misinformation in pandemics could be more problematic for the U.S. without WHO.”
Given the amount of pandemic misinformation we were forced to deal with when we were a part of WHO, how is it possible that misinformation will be “more problematic” now that we’ve left?
Nice try, WHO.
US could be harmed? Sounds like a threat.
“… pandemics without WHO.”
Would there even have BEEN a pandemic without WHO?
Members of WHO should hold their breaths while waiting for reconsideration.
Another thing they should consider is rather or not the Dem party will be viable after all the details of their illegal activity are exposed and most of the bigshots are in jail.
winning
WHO are you? Who who who who
WHO’s not on first.
What a fun week
Only Townsend and Daltrey remain
Leslie: “…WHO and all its global health activities have not stopped the spread of bird flu or monkeypox…”
And there’s the key point. It isn’t so much that the WHO is a hopelessly corrupt, inefficient grift.
It’s that WHO is a hopelessly corrupt, inefficient grift that has failed its most basic tasks. It’s there to coordinate improvements in basic health care, stop pandemics, and point out where the needs are. It does none of these things, but it’s very, very good at transferring funds.
Mr. Trump got this one right. Now we just need to get our own CDC to focus…
Well, we got them to shut their mouths, which was a good first step.
Silent retreats promote self-examination.
It’s a start–now we need to see similar action at the UN which is equally inept and corrupt
I AGREE ! Send the UN packing. They are voting on a digital system to enforce a climate change watchdog. That’s nothing other than a start to a mandated chip implantation. Kick them out of New York and let them quit leeching on us. WHO and the UN work hand in hand. Time to tell them to hit the road.
This may not be THE feel good article of the day, but it is very high in the running.
I think that the UN should be canned, creat a new closer knit alliance. Most UN members are users and losers.
The WHO is not just unhelpful. It is harmful and dangerous due to it being deeply corrupt and anti-U.S. Nevermore.
Have the foreigners who work in WHO offices in the US, with diplomatic immunity, been declared “persona non grata” and give 48 hours to go home?