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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/ | |||
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|publisher=The White House | |||
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==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
The WHO receives contributions from many sources, however the [[Bill | |||
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 | ||
|last=Mercola | |last=Mercola | ||
|first=Joseph | |first=Joseph | ||
|publisher=LifeSite | |publisher=LifeSite | ||
|date=2021-10-04 | |date=2021-10-04 | ||
|accessdate=2022-01-03 | |accessdate=2022-01-03 | ||
}}</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 | |||
}}</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 | 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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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
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 | ||