Donald Trump's plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) has been met with dismay in the public health field.
As of President Donald Trump's first day back in office Monday, the United States is leaving the World Health Organization. Some local experts think such a move might leave Spokane and the United States unprepared for the next pandemic.
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 United States has plans to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), the agency announced Tuesday, right after President Donald Trump signed an executive order formalizing the decision.
Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.
By Patrick Wingrove, Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge NEW YORK/LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.
This Order directs the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). Additionally, the EO revokes (1) the Presidential Letter
One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would begin the process of removing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Here's why.
He could turn his rash action into a negotiation that might strengthen global health.
Making America healthier and making the world healthier are not mutually exclusive goals,’ writes Simon Williams.