Trump orders US exit from World Health Organization

The United States is leaving the World Health Organization. What could that mean for Spokane?
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.
Trump Withdraws U.S. From World Health Organization
Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.
Trump Executive Order Would Sever Ties With The World Health Organization
The U.S. has traditionally been the most generous benefactor of the WHO. A Trump executive order to cut ties with the WHO could pose a threat to global public health.
What is the World Health Organization and why does Trump want to leave it?
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.
Here's why President Trump wants the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization
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.
Trump orders US exit from World Health Organization
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.
United Nations confirms US will leave World Health Organization in 2026
The UN body has received a formal request from Washington to withdraw next year as Trump orders a pause on WHO funding.
Trump withdraws US from World Health Organization, finishing what he started
Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.
Trump’s anger toward World Health Organization may reshape global health, politics
Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over the agency.
What a U.S. exit from the WHO means for global health
By withdrawing from the World Health Organization and overhauling aid, Trump's new executive orders endanger Americans and the globe, researchers warn. The move also cedes U.S. power to other nations.
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