Global health funding faces worst crisis ‘in memory’, WHO chief says | Politics News

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WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says contributions have fallen sharply across the board.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that global health is at serious risk as donor support dries up and severe budget cuts loom.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday that the agency is facing “the greatest disruption to global health financing in memory” as contributions fall sharply across the board.

The crisis deepened after the United States, formerly the organisation’s biggest funder, pulled out in January, saying the health…



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