Who cuts the control crew in part, operates again

The World Health Organization has reduced its management team by half and its operations will have to be returned, its Director General said on Wednesday, the United States announced that it was leaving the agency and cutting funding.

“To be blunt, we can’t do everything,” Tedros Adhanom Gabreyus said in a budget committee meeting before the annual meeting of the body next week.

President Donald Trump said that America was Except agency On the first day of returning to your office in January.

Under the US law, the country requires a one -year notice, the biggest financial backcore of WHO can leave, as well as pay all fees. That money is outstanding.

Tedros said the body and its member states should make a difficult option in view of the proposed 21 percent cut in the US budget of 2026-27 to $ 4.2 billion.

Even a low budget will be funded only 60 percent, provided the members state to increase their mandatory fees in the meeting next week, he said.

The WHO has already announced efficiency measures and is expected to save about $ 165 million this year.

Tedros said it would reduce the number of its departments from 76 to 34 and plan to cut the cost of employees by 25 percent, although it did not mean that 25 percent of jobs would be cut.

“But let’s clear: Reducing our workforce scale means reducing the scale and scope of our work,” he said, adding the organization will shut down some offices in high -income countries.

Tedros said the WHO has discussed to discuss better cooperation with other global health groups.

The new leadership team of seven, including Tedros, is below 14 people. The Chief Scientist in the changes, Dr. Jeremy Farrar has been included in one role as Assistant Director General for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Control.

Dr. Chikwe Ehekvezu will become the Executive Director of the Health Emergency Program, and Dr. Silvi Briand will be the main scientist.