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Dr. Tedros Adnom Ghebreysus, Director General of World Health Organization, says that by exiting this organization of America, he will be deprived of many necessary information.
Dr. Tedros Adnom Ghebreysus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has appealed to the member countries to pressurize Trump to join WHO. According to media reports, Ghebreasus said at a meeting of foreign diplomats last week that the decision of Trump’s decision to leave WHO will not give America many necessary information related to global diseases.
According to the Associated Press, in the budget meeting of WHO last week, it was also discussed as to how the funding crisis will be managed by the exit of the US. Actually America is the biggest donor of WHO. The US will give WHO around $ 958 million for 2024-2025, which is about 14% of its $ 6.9 billion budget.
In fact, Donald Trump signed the executive order associated with the withdrawal from WHO after taking oath of presidential on 20 January. Trump alleges that the WHO did not handle the Korona’s crisis properly. Apart from this, America gives a lot of money to this agency, while other countries benefit from it.
Trump separated America from WHO after taking oath on 20 January.
America funds WHO the most
Trump also criticized WHO’s steps for dealing with the Korona epidemic during his first term. After this, he started the process of exiting the US out of this organization, although later Biden, who became President, overturned the order as soon as he became President. America funds WHO the most. In 2023, the US was 20% of the budget of this agency.
WHO’s health emergency programs in danger
A document presented at the WHO meeting showed that the US is very much dependent on the health emergency programs. About 40% of his emergency program is funded by America. Outside the US, many programs related to polio and HIV in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan have been in trouble.
What is the World Health Organization?
- Who is the main international organization of Public Health Care. It was established as part of the United Nations after the Second World War. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
- WHO has more than 150 offices worldwide. About 7 thousand people work in them. However, any member does not have any right over another country.
- The main task of WHO is to alert the world with dangers, fight diseases and prepare health care policy.
- During emergency like Kornavirus, organization is to give guidance, declaring epidemic and to help scientists to inform about outbreaks.
- Due to the budget and funds, the organization gives prominence to a private institution like the US and Germany and Britain and private institutions like Gates Foundation.
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