Programme budget 2016-2017

Overview

The proposed programme budget for 2016–2017 builds on programmatic and managerial reforms that began with a consultation on the future of financing for WHO held in January 2010. Since then, the changed approach has matured through successive budgets, with expectations of WHO performance now expressed as costed outputs so that achievements can be measured and the Organization held accountable for results and resources.

The proposed programme budget demonstrates three strategic shifts:

• clear application of the lessons we have learnt from the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa over the last year;
• response to the post-2015 agenda, with a focus on universal health coverage – enhancing our contribution to reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health; accelerating progress towards elimination of malaria; and expanding our work on prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases; and
• tackle emerging threats and priorities, such as antimicrobial resistance, hepatitis, ageing and dementia.