"Speaking to WHO staff worldwide via Zoom, Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pledged that the reductions in staff will be made, “starting with senior leadership, but will reflect all levels and regions.
“The reduction will be done carefully and strategically based on a prioritization exercise that we are now conducting to ensure we focus on 0ur core functions, leveraging our comparative advantage and delivering the greatest possible impact with our reduced resources.
“Everything is on the table, including merging divisions, departments and units, and relocating functions,” Tedros said.
“We aim to complete the prioritization exercise in the second half of this month, At that point, we will be able to provide more clarity about the size of the reduction and how it will be done.
“They [cuts] will be made according to the outcome of prioritization, and not according to contract type, grade or anything else,” he stressed. "