Thursday , 6 February 2025
African News

President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization, citing the mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other health crises on a global scale.

Shortly after his inauguration on Monday, Trump issued the directive, accusing the WHO of being influenced by political agendas of member states and requiring disproportionately high financial contributions from the U.S. compared to other major countries like China.

“World Health ripped us off, everybody rips off the United States. It’s not going to happen anymore,” Trump said.

The decision means that the U.S. will officially leave the UN health agency within a year and halt all funding towards its initiatives. This move is expected to jeopardize various programs within the WHO, according to experts.

Furthermore, Trump’s order stated that negotiations on the WHO pandemic treaty will be stopped during the withdrawal process.

According to the executive order signed by Trump, U.S. government personnel working with the WHO will be recalled and reassigned, and the government will look for partners to take over necessary WHO activities,

Trump had taken steps to quit the body in 2020, during his first term as president, accusing the WHO of aiding China’s efforts to mislead the world about the origins of COVID.

However, WHO vigorously denied the allegation, saying it continues to press Beijing to share data to determine whether COVID emerged from human contact with infected animals or due to research into similar viruses in a domestic laboratory.

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