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The WHO is lead by a Director-General. The present Director-General in [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]] who took office in April 2017.
The WHO is lead by a Director-General. The present Director-General in [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]] who took office in April 2017.
The [[United States of America]] resigned from membership in the WHO on 20 January 2025.<ref name="trump2025">{{REFdocument
|title=Executive Order Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization
|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-the-worldhealth-organization/
|contribution=
|last=Trump
|first=Donald
|publisher=The White House
|format=
|date=2025-01-20
|accessdate=2025-01-21
}}</ref>


==Funding==
==Funding==
The WHO receives contributions from many sources, however the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] is the largest contributor.<ref name="mercola2021">{{REFweb
 
The WHO receives contributions from many sources, however the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] is the largest contributor at least since 2021.<ref name="mercola2021">{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/new-documentary-on-who-exposes-widespread-corruption-massive-funding-by-bill-gates/
  |url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/new-documentary-on-who-exposes-widespread-corruption-massive-funding-by-bill-gates/
  |archived=
  |archived=
  |title=New documentary on WHO exposes widespread corruption, massive funding by Bill Gates
  |title=New documentary on WHO exposes widespread corruption, massive funding by Bill Gates
|trans-title=
|language=
  |last=Mercola
  |last=Mercola
  |first=Joseph
  |first=Joseph
|author-link=
  |publisher=LifeSite
  |publisher=LifeSite
|website=
  |date=2021-10-04
  |date=2021-10-04
  |accessdate=2022-01-03
  |accessdate=2022-01-03
|format=
}}</ref> Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reports that huge contributions from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|Gates Foundation]] to the WHO gives [[Bill Gates]] "leverage and control over WHO's $5.6 budget and over international health policy".<ref name="kennedy2021A">{{REFbook
|quote=
}}</ref> Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reports that huge contributions from the Gates Foundation to the WHO gives [[Bill Gates]] "leverage and control over WHO's $5.6 budget and over international health policy".<ref name="kennedy2021A">{{REFbook
  |last=Kennedy, Jr.
  |last=Kennedy, Jr.
  |first=Robert F.
  |first=Robert F.
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  |ISBN=978-I51076680-8
  |ISBN=978-I51076680-8
  |accessdate=2021-12-28
  |accessdate=2021-12-28
  }}</ref> Bill Gates' promotion of male circumcision is well-known, so this may explain why the WHO clings to an outmoded and discredited position on male circumcision.
  }}</ref> [[Bill Gates]]' promotion of male [[circumcision]] is well-known, so this may explain why the WHO clings to an outmoded and discredited position on male [[circumcision]].
 
== Rejection of female circumcision ==
 
In 1997, the WHO classified [[female genital mutilation]] into four different types. Since then, experience with using this classification revealed the need to subdivide these categories, to capture the varieties of [[FGM]] in more detail.
 
{{NOTE}} To date (September 2023), the [[World Health Organization]] has not yet cataloged [[Genital mutilation|male genital mutilation]] ([[MGM]]), although there is also a corresponding range of types. This is why the [[WHO]] is repeatedly accused of being blind in one eye when it comes to the issue of [[genital mutilation]].


==Advocacy of male circumcision==
==Advocacy of male circumcision==


In July 2012, the '''WHO''' (World Health Organization) published a study<ref>[http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ Male circumcision for HIV prevention]</ref> (just in time for the just then started [[Circumcision Debate]] in Germany) which recommended to perform [[circumcision]]s as a prevention against [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]]. This study supposedly promises a 60% protection against [[AIDS]].
In July 2012, the WHO published a study<ref>[http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ Male circumcision for HIV prevention]</ref> (just in time for the just then started [[Circumcision Debate]] in Germany) which recommended to perform [[circumcision]]s as a prevention against [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]]. This study supposedly promises a 60% protection against [[AIDS]].


[[Circumcision]] proponents use this study<ref>{{REFweb
[[Circumcision]] proponents use this study<ref>{{REFweb
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In fact, the study is scientifically vulnerable and has since been sharply criticized by experts.
In fact, the study is scientifically vulnerable and has since been sharply criticized by experts.
The [[United States]] announced in February 2025 that [[PEPFAR]] would terminate its African circumcision program.


== Guideline Development Group (GDG) ==
== Guideline Development Group (GDG) ==
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In a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, (2020) the head of the United States PEPFAR program, [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] called circumcision ineffective and called for PEPFAR to abandon the WHO VMMC program and redirect its funds to anti-retroviral therapy and the provision of condomʂ<ref>{{REFdocument
In a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, (2020) the head of the United States [[PEPFAR]] program, [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] called circumcision ineffective and called for [[PEPFAR]] to abandon the WHO VMMC program and redirect its funds to anti-retroviral therapy and the provision of condomʂ<ref>{{REFdocument
  |title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision
  |title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision
  |url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf
  |url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf
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  |date=2020
  |date=2020
  |accessdate=2020-07-16
  |accessdate=2020-07-16
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://dailycaller.com/2016/05/31/fraud-corruption-harassment-charges-rise-inside-world-health-organization/
|title=Fraud, Corruption, Harassment Charges Rise Inside World Health Organization
|last=Johnson
|first=Drew
|init=
|publisher=Daily Caller
|date=2016-12-31
|accessdate=2022-12-26
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/06/world-health-organization-corrupt-wasteful/
|title=Stop Funding WHO Until It Cleans Up Its Act
|last=Stier
|first=Jeff
|init=
|publisher=National Review
|date=2017-06-14
|accessdate=2022-12-26
}}
*{{REFweb
|url=https://brownstone.org/articles/the-corruption-of-the-world-health-organization/
|title=The Corruption of the World Health Organization
|last=Bell
|first=David
|init=
|publisher=Brownstone Institute
|date=2022-05-27
|accessdate=2022-12-26
}}
*{{REFweb
|url=https://nworeport.me/2022/08/02/the-corruption-of-the-world-health-organization-who/
|title=The Corruption of the World Health Organization (WHO)
|last=Toplansky
|first=Eileen F.
|init=
|publisher=NWO Report
|date=2022-08-02
|accessdate=2022-12-26
}}
}}


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