Archive · 11 Dec 2025
WHO Chief Unconcerned About US Deals
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he is not worried about the US making separate health deals with other countries.
He thinks these deals won't stop the WHO from making a new rule about sharing information during pandemics.
He hopes this rule will be ready by next year.
However, he is concerned that less money from donors might lead to more children dying.
But he is confident that the WHO can find the money it needs.
WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is not worried about US bilateral health deals affecting the pandemic treaty.
He is hopeful that an annex to the pandemic treaty covering the sharing of pathogenic information will be finalized in 2024.
The US recently signed a five-year health agreement with Kenya under an 'America First' global health plan.
Health experts have expressed concerns that such deals could bypass the WHO and disrupt ongoing negotiations.
Tedros also warned that cuts in donors' foreign health spending could increase childhood mortality for the first time this century.
- Who
- WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- What
- US bilateral health deals and WHO pandemic treaty
- When
- Press briefing on December 11, 2023
- Where
- Geneva
- Why
- To discuss the impact of US bilateral health deals on the WHO pandemic treaty and other health concerns
- WHO Chief
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- US Agreement
- Five-year deal with Kenya
- Pandemic Treaty Annex
- Expected to be finalized in 2024
- WHO Summit
- Scheduled for May 2026
- Budget Cut
- $1 billion
- Concern
- Increase in childhood mortality