US President Donald Trump has announced that the USA will exit the United Nations’ agency World Health Organisation. This has left many health experts worrying about the future of healthcare in America.
WHO’s constitution, drafted in New York, doesn’t have a clear exit method for member states. A joint resolution by Congress in 1948 outlined that the U.S. can withdraw with one year's notice. This is contingent, however, on ensuring that its financial obligations to WHO “shall be met in full for the organization’s current fiscal year.”
The Geneva-based WHO plays a pivotal role in battling global health threats, focusing on infectious diseases as well as humanitarian crises and chronic
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Experts have also cautioned that withdrawing from the organization could weaken the world’s defenses against dangerous new outbreaks.
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Trump directs US withdrawal from the World Health Organization, triggering "significant restructuring" in the organisation's future.
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"Oooh, that's a big one," the newly inaugurated US president said as he approved the document after arriving back at the White House. It was one of dozens of executive actions he put his signature to on day one in office. This marks the second time Trump has ordered the US be pulled out of the WHO.