The World Health Organization already reduces employment, traveling while Trump’s withdrawal has been set to financing

Geneva – The World Health Organization announced on Friday to review its priorities in preparing for the withdrawal of its largest donor, the US, and emphasized that it provides vital services that protect the country from health threats. President Trump on Monday signed an executive command a guidance of the US to withdraw from WHO, a body he has repeatedly criticized for his treatment Covid-19 pandemic.

“This announcement made our financial situation more acute, and we know that it has created significant concerns and uncertainty for the workforce of WHO,” said organization chief Tedros Adhan Ghebreyesus in a letter sent to the staff Who on Thursday, and AFP saw on Friday.

He emphasized that the United Nations Health Agency regretted the United States of the US leader – by far the largest donors of the agency – and hoped that “the new administration would reconsider it.”

“We are open to involvement in a constructive dialogue for the preservation and strengthening of a historical relationship between WHO -Ai USA,” he said.

Who spokesman Christian Lindmeier emphasized to reporters on Friday that the withdrawal of the US, according to the Agency, would be a mistake.

“Whoever protects the now sophisticated health intelligence system that acts on the detection, characterization and assessment of real -time threats,” he said. He particularly pointed out to the current epidemic of bird flu (H5n1), which infected dozens of people and seized one life in the US

“In fact, we are individuals who have contacted us, but because of the concern that this could be a problem now, because the data no longer come forward and may not share them,” Lindmeier said.

In his letter, Tedro pointed out that the UN Agency would now need to strive to identify its “key priorities”.

“We are reviewing what activities to prioritize priority with a reduced resource envelope,” he said.

He pointed out that who recently expanded his funding base and that he would continue to rely on the strong support of his Member States and other sources.

But he acknowledged the need to “reduce cost and achieve efficiency.”

Among other things, he said that the agency “frozen employment, except in the most critical areas,” and dramatically reduced travel expenditures.

The withdrawal of the US will take a year, and US funding will remain in place for the period, according to the rules of the organization. But the command of Mr. Trump also directed the staff of the US Federal Government to stop working with a group – something US health officials work on a wide range of health issues from global concerns.

At the “CBS Mornings Plus” earlier this week, the main medical correspondent of CBS News, Dr. Jon Lapook, said that health experts are already concerned about the implications of the US withdrawal.

“Public health experts I spoke with are worried that we have a worldwide leading position with this and, if there is, for example, the next pandemic would help in terms of communication, be able to be in communication with communication all around the world,” he said Lapook.

Although there are other ways to communicate, such as the reach of medical societies and individuals, Lapook said, “It’s nice to have a coordinated effort.”

The White House said in a statement on Monday night that they were now withdrawing from WHO “because of the wrong resolve the organization of the Coid-19 pandemies that originated from WuhanChina and other global health crisis, her failure to urgently adopt reforms and his inability to show independence from the inappropriate political influence of Tema Who. “