June 13, 2024
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Financial Support
One of the main ways in which the U.S. government supports WHO is through its assessed and voluntary contributions. The U.S. has historically been the single largest contributor to WHO. In the 2020-2021 period (when the Trump administration withheld some U.S.
funding during the COVID-19 pandemic), it was the third largest since other donors, notably Germany and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, increased their contributions in response to COVID-19. The Biden administration restored funding starting in 2021 and in the 2022-2023 period the U.S. was once again the largest contributor to WHO.
For many years, the assessed contribution for the U.S. has been set at 22% of all member state assessed contributions, the maximum allowed rate. Between FY 2015 and FY 2024, the U.S. assessed contribution has been fairly stable, fluctuating between $109 million and $122 million (in FY 2019 and FY 2020 the U.S. actually paid less than its assessed amount, and in FY 2021 it paid more than that amount due to payments made toward outstanding arrears).
Voluntary contributions for specific projects or activities, on the other hand, have varied to reflect changing U.S. priorities and/or support during international crises. Over the past decade, U.S. voluntary contributions have ranged from a low of $105 million in FY 2020 to a high of $694 million in FY 2022. Higher amounts of voluntary contributions can be reflective of increased U.S. support for specific WHO activities such as emergency response. U.S. voluntary contributions also support a range of other WHO activities such as polio eradication; maternal, newborn, and child health programs; mental health services for victims of torture and trauma; health coordination in COVID-19 response; and other infectious diseases.
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