Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Following US Withdrawal, WHO Faces 20% Budget Cut

In response to the US decision to withdraw its support, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a 20% budget reduction, necessitating cuts to its missions and staff, according to an internal email from its director accessed by AFP on Saturday. WHO is confronting a projected shortfall of nearly $600 million by 2025 and has "no other ...

WHO Certifies Egypt as Malaria-Free

Egypt was certified as malaria-free on Sunday, with the World Health Organization calling the achievement "truly historic" and the culmination of nearly a century of work to stamp out the disease. "Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilisation itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history and not its future," WHO chief ...