The WHO is an agency of the United Nations tasked with coordinating responses to public health emergencies between nations. The United States is a founding member of the organization, which was set up in 1948 in the wake of World War II.
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Experts have also cautioned that withdrawing from the organization could weaken the world’s defenses against dangerous new outbreaks.
WASHINGTON — President Trump began his second term Monday with a sweeping order aimed at reversing dozens of former President Biden’s top priorities, from regulations aimed at lowering health care costs, to coronavirus outreach, Affordable Care Act expansions, and protections against gender-based discrimination.
Among President Trump’s flurry of executive orders was one reviving a pandemic-era pledge: to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Trump signed an order in the Oval Office to withdraw the U.
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President Trump Orders the U.S. to Exit the World Health Organization and Paris Climate Agreement on His First Day in OfficePresident Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on the first day of his second term in office on Monday, and among them were motions to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Experts say the withdrawal will diminish the agency's ability to provide public health support, while the WHO said it "hopes the US will reconsider".
The US is the largest financial contributor to the WHO, this withdrawal could jeopardise vital health programs globally.
Ooh, that’s a big one,” Donald Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order – one of dozens during his first hours as president – to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.
The withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the WHO, and the pact to tax large multinationals adds to the president’s expansionist rhetoric and his conviction that ‘everybody needs’ the United States
It’s a mistake for President Trump to order to the United States to leave the World Health Organization. He should reverse course immediately.
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