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.
Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.
U.S. President Donald Trump has used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization for the second time in less than five years.
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The orders signed at the White House included a directive to end birthright citizenship, a move sure to spark a constitutional fight over the 14th Amendment.
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 Trump signed an executive order on the first day of his second term, beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.
One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”
The WHO is a United Nations agency that aims to expand universal health coverage, coordinates responses to health emergencies such as pandemics, and has a broad focus on healthy lives. It does not have the power to enforce health policy, but influences policy worldwide, especially in low-income countries.
Years of good growth and sound policymaking have given the region’s policymakers more wriggle room to navigate what is shaping up to be an increasingly tricky year for their economies
Jakarta—The global effort to eradicate hunger by 2030 is facing a gradual challenge. After world hunger decreased from around 19 percent to 11 percent of the worldwide population in 2014, there were occasional setbacks in the past five years.