The WHO is an agency of the United Nations tasked with coordinating responses to public health emergencies between nations. The United States is a founding member of the organization, which was set up in 1948 in the wake of World War II.

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.

One of the first actions President Donald Trump took after being inaugurated Monday was to sign an executive order to start the process of removing the United States from the World Health Organization.

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.

President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on the first day of his second term in office on Monday, and among them were motions to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO).

The US is the largest financial contributor to the WHO, this withdrawal could jeopardise vital health programs globally.

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President Trump in his first four days of a second term, made headlines with actions that altered US policies. From cracking down on immigration to reshaping energy and foreign relations, these moves set the stage for a contentious term.

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Among President Trump’s flurry of executive orders was one reviving a pandemic-era pledge: to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Trump signed an order in the Oval Office to withdraw the U.

President Trump in his first four days of a second term, made headlines with actions that altered US policies. From cracking down on immigration to reshaping energy and foreign relations, these moves set the stage for a contentious term.