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Global public health experts denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to cut ties with the World Health Organization, calling it “unconscionable” and “dangerous,” promising to hinder the world’s ability to combat the coronavirus pandemic as well as future disease outbreaks.... [+]Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Imageshe will terminate the U.S. relationship with the WHO, which he has accused of being controlled by China and having covered up the spread of the disease in the country.
The president said he will redirect WHO funds to other global public health needs, but there are questions as to whether Trump has the legal authority to withdraw funds from the WHO without authorization from Congress.the move will make it harder for the WHO to coordinate drug trials for treatments and vaccines as well as combat the pandemic in developing countries.
Outside the coronavirus, Trump’s actions threaten the WHO’s efforts to provide expertise and coordination on health issues including polio, tuberculosis, HIV and malaria. Not participating in WHO decisionmaking would also ensure the U.S. loses its “seat at the table in shaping global practices and guidelines, crisis response operations, and partnerships,” said the Center For Global Development, a think tank focusing on reducing global inequality.
The military’s Africa Command is also concerned that withdrawing WHO funding could be used by China to expand its influence in Africa, the Nation“I was just disgusted that we would terminate the relationship with WHO at a time when the only way we’re going to solve the Covid-19 pandemic is through the closer links to the WHO for international cooperation around disease control and vaccine development,” Hotez said.15%, that’s the share of the WHO’s budget covered by the U.
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