“Together, we ended smallpox, and together we have brought polio to the brink of eradication,” the United Nations agency said Tuesday. “WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans.”
The World Health Organization called on the US to reconsider President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the agency, suggesting the move could undermine global health security.
The planned departure would leave the WHO scrambling to replace its top donor, which contributed US$1.3 billion ($1.67 billion) to the organization between 2022 and 2023. Without US funding, work that the WHO carries out on containing diseases such as HIV, polio and Ebola as well as a recent outbreak of lethal Marburg virus could be at risk.
