WHO Implements Hiring Freeze and Travel Restrictions Following U.S. Withdrawal Announcement

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken swift measures to address financial challenges brought on by the planned withdrawal of its largest funder, the United States. According to an internal email obtained by POLITICO, the organization is freezing recruitment and cutting travel expenditures as part of broader cost-saving initiatives.

 

In a message to staff sent on Thursday night, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed regret over the U.S. decision, stating, “As you know, the United States of America has announced that it intends to withdraw from WHO. We regret this decision and hope the new administration will reconsider it.” Tedros acknowledged the significant impact of the announcement, adding, “This announcement has made our financial situation more acute, and we know it has created significant concern and uncertainty for the WHO workforce.”

 

To address these challenges, the WHO is halting new recruitment efforts except in critical areas and has instituted substantial reductions in travel expenses. Tedros outlined that all meetings must now be conducted virtually unless deemed absolutely necessary. Missions aimed at providing technical support to countries will also be limited to essential activities.

 

Additional cost-saving measures include restricting the replacement of IT equipment, renegotiating major contracts, and suspending office refurbishments or capital investments unless justified by security concerns or cost-efficiency.

 

The U.S. withdrawal, announced during the Trump administration, has cast uncertainty over the WHO’s operations, as the organization has historically relied heavily on funding from the United States to support global health initiatives. With these new measures, the WHO aims to navigate the financial strain while maintaining its critical work in public health.

 

Based on a report by Politico 2025-01-25

 

 

 

[jcmj]

Well good to see that they are tightening their belts. Hopefully they will get more support from other countries so they can stop their major reliance on one source of income.  

[klauskunkel]

2 hours ago, Social Media said:

the organization is cutting travel expenditures

No more First Class flights and 5-star-hotels? I don't think so...

[bokningar]

All real democratic countries should leave all parts of UN.

It is run by corrupt people from country’s that is only trying to get more money from the west.

[Luuk Chaai]

Their  Goose is cooked !               About time !

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

Doc Tedros - the hardest workin man in show biz!

[rwill]

But they are the ones that are going to save us from the zombies....

[JonnyF]

The freeloading party is over at the WHO.

 

Well done Donald.

 

[thesetat]

Never fear. China will be there to fund them with more money as long as they continue to comply with Chinas interests as they have done previously. 

 

The US knows that the WHO failed in their mission by spouting the Chinese rhetoric during Covid and failing to warn the planet of the real dangers of Covid. It is understandable that the US wants to remove itself from such a corrupt organization bent only at appeasing the CCP. 

[DUNROAMIN]

Good move, the whole UN thing is a SHAM. That was proven with covid BS.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

Excellent news, Trump has only been in office just over 4 days and he has done more work than Biden did in 4 years!😃

[Srikcir]

1 hour ago, thesetat said:

WHO failed in their mission by spouting the Chinese rhetoric during Covid and failing to warn the planet of the real dangers of Covid.

WHO did warn about the looming crisis facing the world, in the initial months, even when the coronavirus was still largely contained within China.

https://www.devex.com/news/early-warnings-from-who-on-the-dangers-of-covid-19-97004

On the other hand was 45th POTUS Trump's failure before he tested positive for Covid:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/one-day-it-s-like-a-miracle-it-will-disappear-trump-on-covid-19-1.4370294

• 'One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear'
• "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It's going to be just fine."

[zepplin]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken swift measures to address financial challenges brought on by the planned withdrawal of its largest funder, the United States. According to an internal email obtained by POLITICO, the organization is freezing recruitment and cutting travel expenditures as part of broader cost-saving initiatives.

 

 

In a message to staff sent on Thursday night, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed regret over the U.S. decision, stating, “As you know, the United States of America has announced that it intends to withdraw from WHO. We regret this decision and hope the new administration will reconsider it.” Tedros acknowledged the significant impact of the announcement, adding, “This announcement has made our financial situation more acute, and we know it has created significant concern and uncertainty for the WHO workforce.”

 

To address these challenges, the WHO is halting new recruitment efforts except in critical areas and has instituted substantial reductions in travel expenses. Tedros outlined that all meetings must now be conducted virtually unless deemed absolutely necessary. Missions aimed at providing technical support to countries will also be limited to essential activities.

 

Additional cost-saving measures include restricting the replacement of IT equipment, renegotiating major contracts, and suspending office refurbishments or capital investments unless justified by security concerns or cost-efficiency.

 

The U.S. withdrawal, announced during the Trump administration, has cast uncertainty over the WHO’s operations, as the organization has historically relied heavily on funding from the United States to support global health initiatives. With these new measures, the WHO aims to navigate the financial strain while maintaining its critical work in public health.

 

Based on a report by Politico 2025-01-25

 

 

Bunch of rtards still try to push their new world order, but now the states has left, watch others follow suit, couldn’t happen to a bigger bunch of horrible people!

[frank83628]

Oh no, so now they have to do what any normal businesses do. Bet the top guys don't take paycuts from their already ecessive pay.

[Galong]

1 hour ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Excellent news, Trump has only been in office just over 4 days and he has done more work than Biden did in 4 years!😃

Yes, starting off by literally leaving his cousin-affectionate minion out in the cold at the inauguration. If you ain't a billionaire, you can't come inside.  Since then, almost everything he's done has been to enrich himself through tacky coin scams, or promote policies that help the rich. I see nothing that has or will bring down the price of eggs. You've been duped by the world's most famous con artists. The US deserves the suffering that is coming. The GOP for voting for this criminal and the Dems for putting such an unappealing do-nothing on the ticket. The US is falling apart just like they deserve. 

[Justanotherone]

the gravy train closes and now they save money... saw some undercover youtube videos... all those ngo earn big buck for doing nothing, or even worse, get paid to do harm

[impulse]

That should be well received by the carbon neutral (at any cost) crowd.

 

[spidermike007]

2 hours ago, Srikcir said:

WHO did warn about the looming crisis facing the world, in the initial months, even when the coronavirus was still largely contained within China.

https://www.devex.com/news/early-warnings-from-who-on-the-dangers-of-covid-19-97004

On the other hand was 45th POTUS Trump's failure before he tested positive for Covid:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/one-day-it-s-like-a-miracle-it-will-disappear-trump-on-covid-19-1.4370294

• 'One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear'
• "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It's going to be just fine."

This is correct Trump's failure during the pandemic was absolutely Epic and is likely that he has the blood of hundreds of thousands of people on his hands through his inability to wrestle control of that situation.

 

Having said that i don't like any of these three letter organizations, and the WHO, the CDC, Big Pharma and the FDA behaved like absolute animals during the pandemic and we're responsible for the loss of millions of jobs and millions of businesses worldwide, that were likely unnecessary losses. 

 

The covid narrative was skewed to an astonishing extent. And people are absolutely ostracized for even questioning any aspect of the narrative, is that not the very definition of fascism? 

[Lacessit]

There are doctors and nurses in the sh!tholes of the world working to prevent disease outbreaks from reaching countries such as the USA. They are employed by the WHO.

 

For example, wild poliovirus is still endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Then there is Ebola and Marburg in Africa.

 

The village idiots celebrating the withdrawal of the USA from the WHO should be careful what they wish for. Viruses and bacteria don't recognize national boundaries.

[kingstonkid]

4 hours ago, bokningar said:

All real democratic countries should leave all parts of UN.

It is run by corrupt people from country’s that is only trying to get more money from the west.

 

 

The U.S. and Canada need to stay involved in the U.N.  The U.S. should lose its financial commitment and cut down on the number of people it gives dip immunity to, but they are needed.  

 

Imagine what would happen if China and Russia were given cart blanche to do things with U.N. support.

 

The U.S. has that veto so it can help countries like Israel when people tryo to declare war issues.

 

However it does not mean tht Btitish, Aus, Canadian and American soldiers should always be the ones doing the peace keeping

[roquefort]

6 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

No more First Class flights and 5-star-hotels? I don't think so...

So they weren't all working from home then?

[Smokey and the Bandit]

2 hours ago, Galong said:

Yes, starting off by literally leaving his cousin-affectionate minion out in the cold at the inauguration. If you ain't a billionaire, you can't come inside.  Since then, almost everything he's done has been to enrich himself through tacky coin scams, or promote policies that help the rich. I see nothing that has or will bring down the price of eggs. You've been duped by the world's most famous con artists. The US deserves the suffering that is coming. The GOP for voting for this criminal and the Dems for putting such an unappealing do-nothing on the ticket. The US is falling apart just like they deserve. 

The price of eggs, which keeps coming up, is important, but not urgent, big difference. What is urgent is national security and Trump deporting criminal illegals was top of his list and already started. He is doing what he said he would do.

 

[JonnyF]

Starmer will probably offer to make up for the shortfall.

 

He could remove benefits from the old or disabled ti pay for it.

 

Oh wait, he's already doing that.

 

Maybe he could tax kids education? Oh wait a minute...

 

What other vulnerable groups are left? I'm sure he will find something.

 

 

[Albaby]

4 hours ago, Srikcir said:

WHO did warn about the looming crisis facing the world, in the initial months, even when the coronavirus was still largely contained within China.

https://www.devex.com/news/early-warnings-from-who-on-the-dangers-of-covid-19-97004

On the other hand was 45th POTUS Trump's failure before he tested positive for Covid:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/one-day-it-s-like-a-miracle-it-will-disappear-trump-on-covid-19-1.4370294

• 'One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear'
• "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It's going to be just fine."

The WHO called Australia racist for closing our borders to China at the star of covid.

[black tabby12345]

7 hours ago, bokningar said:

All real democratic countries should leave all parts of UN.

It is run by corrupt people from country’s that is only trying to get more money from the west.

 

Especially when one member state  wages the war of invasion for territorial gain.

And the rest of its system unable to take any realistic direct action against it(other than economic sanctions).

 

Useless

Numb skull, that's what it really stands for.

 

[rocketboy2]

Nice one Don.

keep up the good work. 

[candide]

7 hours ago, thesetat said:

Never fear. China will be there to fund them with more money as long as they continue to comply with Chinas interests as they have done previously. 

 

The US knows that the WHO failed in their mission by spouting the Chinese rhetoric during Covid and failing to warn the planet of the real dangers of Covid. It is understandable that the US wants to remove itself from such a corrupt organization bent only at appeasing the CCP. 

B.S. They warned about possible human transmission as early as 11 January.

 

It's Trump who refused to face reality and whined about it: it's a Dem hoax, it's just a flu, it will be finished by Easter and similar B.S.... (and there was a  barrage of posts about it by MAGA posters on Thaivisa)! 

[WDSmart]

Trump is despicable... 

[Nick Carter icp]

12 hours ago, Social Media said:

Tedros outlined that all meetings must now be conducted virtually unless deemed absolutely necessary

 

  How ever will they cope ?

Imagine having to speak to people online rather than flying halfway around the world to meet them in person in aa all expenses paid for trip paid for by the USA .

[candide]

8 hours ago, thesetat said:

Never fear. China will be there to fund them with more money as long as they continue to comply with Chinas interests as they have done previously. 

 

The US knows that the WHO failed in their mission by spouting the Chinese rhetoric during Covid and failing to warn the planet of the real dangers of Covid. It is understandable that the US wants to remove itself from such a corrupt organization bent only at appeasing the CCP. 

China is not a large contributor.

BTW, if you add country contributions, Europe is by far the largest public contributor.

https://www.who.int/about/funding/contributors/usa