Africa: WHO Chief Laments Most Disruptive Cuts to Global Health Funding 'In Living Memory'

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Despite a promise by governments to end malaria by 2030, progress is off the mark and could be reversed, especially by the reckless withdrawal by the Trump administration of the US as a major contributor to the World Health Organization. Without adequate science-backed and strategic investment and actions, countries that have ended malaria are strugglin…

Africa: WHO Chief Laments Most Disruptive Cuts to Global Health Funding 'In Living Memory'

As sudden budget cuts severely impact global health funding, prolonged conflicts around the world are fuelling disease outbreaks and posing a serious threat to public health, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.

During a press conference before the Association of Correspondents Accredited to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva (Acanu), Ghebreyesus said that "we experienced the worst interruption in global health financing ever recorded." READ ALSO: WHO calls on the US to resume global health funding US President Donald Trump signed executive orders on January 20 for the withdrawal of the country from WHO. The president questioned WHO funding policies, cla…

Global health funding faces worst crisis ‘in memory’, WHO chief says

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says contributions have fallen sharply across the board.

GLOBAL HEALTH FUNDING FACES WORST CRISIS ‘IN MEMORY’, WHO CHIEF SAYS

Sat 03 May 2025: WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says contributions have fallen sharply across the board. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that global health is at serious risk as donor support dries up and severe budget cuts loom. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday that the agency […]