As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.
President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the World Health Organization via executive order Monday evening to the shock of some.
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.
The US contributes around a fifth of the budget for the World Health Organization – its withdrawal from the public health body will impede efforts to control the global spread of diseases and could pu
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 Covid-19 pandemic's outbreak was five years ago, but it still reverberates through American politics. After President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization, it's clear that his anger toward WHO could "reshape global health," said The Washington Post.
One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”
President Trump signed an executive order on the first day of his second term, beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from 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.
Trump's exit from WHO could greatly impact the nation’s ability to track and respond to global disease threats, says health expert.
The U.S. withdrawal from WHO has seismic implications on issues like prevention of future pandemics, and the stakes are especially high for Canada.