An internal memorandum – reviewed by Reuters today – showed that the World Health Organization has placed a maximum period of one year for employment contracts, and that it is working on priorities to achieve sustainability in its tasks after the United States withdrew from its membership.
The memorandum dated on the tenth of March – and the signature of Raul Thomas, the assistant general manager of the organization, carried new measures in a series of measures aimed at reducing costs after the US President’s decision to withdraw from the organization in January.
The document stated that senior officials in the organization have been working for 3 weeks to “define priorities” to achieve sustainability in its tasks.
She explained that the employees are looking for additional sources of funding from countries and other donors.
World Health has not announced the reduction of the number of employees yet, but she said that “some difficult decisions are inevitable due to the size of the challenges we face.”
A spokesman for the Health Organization has not yet responded to a request for comment.