World Health Organization already cutting back on hiring, travel as Trump withdrawal set to hit funding
World Health Organization chief says agency already cutting back on hiring and travel with Trump withdrawal set to hit funding.
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WHO freezes hiring, restricts travel after US withdrawal
The World Health Organization is freezing recruitment and slashing travel in response to the withdrawal of the U.S., its biggest funder, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.
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Attack on Saudi Hospital in Sudan leaves 70 dead, 19 injured: WHO chief
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Trump pulls US from World Health Organization

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Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over the agency.
WHO notifies staff of hiring freeze, budget cuts due to U.S. leaving
The Trump administration plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization has triggered a hiring freeze, suspended investments and a travel reduction within the organization.
Tanzanian president, WHO confirm Marburg outbreak
Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus after its health ministry had previously denied the spread.
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At least 70 killed in attack on Sudanese hospital, WHO chief says
At least 70 people have been killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday. Rival generals have been locked in a brutal power struggle in Sudan since April 2023.
Attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region leaves 70 dead, WHO says
Seventy people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan.
WHO starts cutting costs as US withdrawal date set for January 2026
Under a 1948 Joint Resolution of Congress, a US withdrawal from the WHO requires a one-year notice period. A spokesperson for the United Nations confirmed to Reuters on Thursday that it received a notice from the US of its intent to withdraw dated January 22, making the formal withdrawal date January 22, 2026.
WHO chief to cut costs, reset priorities after US exit, document shows
The World Health Organization will cut costs and review which health programmes to prioritise after President Donald Trumpannounced he was withdrawing the U.S. from the WHO, the agency's chief told staff in an internal memo seen by Reuters.
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WHO’s constitution, drafted in New York, doesn’t have a clear exit method for member states. A joint resolution by Congress in 1948 outlined that the U.S. can withdraw with one year's notice. This is contingent, however, on ensuring that its financial obligations to WHO “shall be met in full for the organization’s current fiscal year.”