Tedros said that after the recent investment period and with the assumption that member countries allow for increased dues, the WHO is confident that it will have more than $ 6.6 billion for 2026-2027, or the budget for 2026-2027 will be aimed at 60 %. This is the difference between a $ 1.7 billion expected budget.
“Extremely difficult”
Tedros vowed to continue to fill the gap and dismissed the fears that even a budget of 2 4.2 billion was a continuous.
“US $ 4.2 billion – or US $ 2.1 billion annually – this is not a proud,” Tedros said the organization operates on earth in more than 150 countries.
“At the current exchange rates, the throat hospital in Geneva works on the same budget-especially bigger than that, which is in fact noted by Tedros.” In the same budget like the same hospital in a medium -sized European city, can the whole world be expected to serve? Especially at a time when many countries face severe obstacles to health services due to a sudden and rapid lack of government development aid. “
In a press release of January, Hug reported the annual budget of 1.9 billion Swiss francsWhich is currently US $ 2.27 billion. For context, 2024 operating expenses Mass General Bergham in the United States was $ 20.5 billion.
Tedros added the agency’s top leadership list that has survived deductions, calling it a “very difficult and tragic decision for me.” Michael Ryan, who was absent from the list, was absent from the list, who recently served as the Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergency Programs and became a prominent global figure during the Coid 19 pandemic diseases.
Who in a letter to the staff Obtained through the Irish TimesTedros writes that Ryan’s “dedication to emergency reaction, we work with compassion and effectiveness. … Its stable presence has played an important role in our most difficult times, especially during the Coid 19 pandemic diseases.”
In addition, Canada’s epidemiologist Bruce Islovard also went, before an Assistant Director General, who Led a joint mission in China in the early days of pandemic disease.