After Donald Trump came to power, the US withdrew not only from the Paris Climate Agreement, but also from the World Health Organization (WHO). This has fatal consequences for the UN organization.
The United States has 18 percent of the budget share the largest donor The WHO. The organization’s two-year budget for 2024-2025 is $6.8 billion (about €6.5 billion). Without the US money, other WHO shareholders will have to pay more in mandatory contributions or the WHO will have to limit its activities – for example, responding to health emergencies in the Gaza Strip or Ukraine.
In addition, there are many individual programs to combat certain diseases, each of which has a different financing key. For example, the United States funded 75 percent of the WHO program to combat HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and more than half of the contributions to combat tuberculosis. Trump justifies his withdrawal with unfair treatment. Countries like China would not pay proportionately enough.
Trump rejects pandemic deal
The new government in Washington wants that too national sovereignty stay informed about health questions. Trump is therefore skeptical about the WHO-led negotiations on a post-corona pandemic treaty intended to improve global solidarity in the event of the next health threat.
Trump’s order states as much American personal and contractors working with WHO should be recalled and transferred. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has worked closely with the WHO, sending about 30 staff to Geneva and collaborating on investigations and outbreaks. There are also a number of WHO Collaboration Centers in America.
Vaccine skeptics as Minister of Health
The US will also likely be considered part of the global flu surveillance network back. With the appointment of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Junior as Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Trump administration’s position is positive Vaccinations unclear. However, during Trump’s last term, contributions to the global vaccine alliance Gavi remained about the same as under his Democratic predecessor and successor in the White House.
The work of the WHO can also be affected indirectly because Health authorities and research centers of the country play an important role in combating epidemics and pandemics.
Source: Krone
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