Member States accept the WHO program budget for 2024-2025 and commit to a 20% increase in assessed contributions (membership fees).
During the discussions in the Assembly’s Committee A, Member States today adopted the draft resolution with the proposed work program for the next two years (2024-2025). The budget to deliver on this program was also agreed, at DKK 6.83 billion. USD, the most ambitious to date, and which includes a historic 20% increase in assessed contributions (or membership fees). The Secretariat and the Director-General thanked Member States for the overwhelmingly strong support for the resolution and the confidence shown in WHO. Almost forty Member States took the floor. Decisions made during the week in the committees are subject to a final procedural step to be approved by the plenary at the end of the assembly.
Funding of the program budget is essential to ensure that WHO and its Member States can reach the triple billion targets. Investing in WHO returns US$ 35 for every US$ 1 invested, highlights WHO’s investment case (A Healthy Return).
The budget is distributed around the following strategic priorities:
- One billion more people benefit from universal health coverage, $1,966.4 million;
- One billion more people better protected from health emergencies, $1214.0 million;
- One billion more people benefit from better health and well-being, $437.7 million;
- More effective WHO support to countries, 1350.0 million USD;
This gives a total of DKK 4,968.2 million. USD for the core programs, which remains unchanged from the 2022-2023 program budget;
In addition, the approved budget contains:
- Polio eradication (US$ 694.3 million), special programs (US$ 171.7 million) totaling US$ 866.0 million;
- Emergency operations and appeals (US$ 1000 million).
With the increased assessed contributions, the Member States will contribute DKK 1148.3 million. USD to this budget with their membership dues. The rest, DKK 5,685.8 million. USD, will be covered by voluntary contributions from Member States and other contributors.
The 20% increase in assessed contributions was a commitment adopted by last year’s Health Assembly, one of the recommendations of the Working Group on Sustainable Financing. Other recommendations related to WHO’s sustainable financing, covering accountability, governance and funding reforms, will be further addressed this week.
Related documents
Documents A76/4, A76/4 Add.1, A76/4 Add.2 and A76/43
A76/4
Proposal for program budget 2024–2025
A76/4 Add.1
Proposal for program budget 2024–2025
A76/4 Add.2
Draft decision:
Program budget 2024–2025
A76/43
Proposal for program budget 2024–2025
Report of the Executive Board’s Program, Budget and Administration Committee to the 76th World Health Assembly
