Namibia: WHO must cut budget by fifth after US pullout – email – International

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has proposed slashing a fifth of its budget following the United States’ decision to withdraw, and must now reduce its reach and workforce, its chief said in an internal email seen by AFP on Saturday.

The WHO is facing an income gap of nearly US$600 million in 2025 and has “no choice” but to start making cutbacks, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in the message sent Friday to the United Nations (Un) health agency’s…