During the second term of President Donald Trump, the US is going to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). After being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, Trump signed an executive order and announced that he would withdraw from the WHO.
Signing the document to withdraw from the WHO at the White House, Trump said, "That's one of the big ones."
Earlier, in the first term, Trump announced that he would break the relationship with the WHO. He alleges that WHO has become a 'puppet' of China during the Corona epidemic. In addition, it is mentioned in the executive order that although the WHO is part of the United Nations, the US has to invest a lot.
President Biden reversed the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the WHO on the first day of his tenure (21 January 2021). In 2023, 20 percent of WHO's total budget was borne by the United States. As a global health organization, the annual budget of the World Health Organization is approximately 6.8 billion dollars.
Public health experts are dissatisfied with the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the WHO. They say that the US decision can affect the fight against communicable diseases like malaria, TB, HIV and AIDS.
Ashish Jha, who is the co-ordinator of the Covid-10 response in the Biden administration, says that this decision will not only affect the health of the world but also damage American leadership and scientific skills.
