The U.S. plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization will squeeze Africa's health initiatives, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, calling on African countries to find alternative sources of financing.

As he signed an executive order, President Donald Trump said that the World Health Organization had "ripped us off."

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United Nations’ public health agency and drawing criticism from public health experts.

Donald Trump's plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) has been met with dismay in the public health field.

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.

Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.

One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”

President Trump has signed an executive order beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. It was among dozens of executive actions he signed after being sworn in Monday for a second term,

The World Health Organization called on the US to reconsider a decision to leave the agency, suggesting the move could undermine global health security.

Platform urges continued US support, collaboration with WHO, other partners to protect global health - Anadolu Ajansı

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