WHO to Cut Jobs Amid ‘Significant’ Funding Constraints (Correct)

The World Health Organization has been forced to slash its staff as a result of “significant cuts” to the body’s funding, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday, characterizing 2025 as “one of the most difficult years” in its history.

The Geneva-based organization lost its top donor with hundreds of millions of dollars in annual funding when the US completed its withdrawal last month. Argentina has also announced its intention to withdraw from the WHO, with the exit expected to take effect in February.

Funding cuts are already having a severe impact in countries where the WHO supports public health systems, ...