"Unfairly onerous payments" are cited in the executive order as a reason for WHO withdrawal. Countries’ dues are a percentage of their gross domestic product, meaning that as the world’s richest ...
Elisha Dunn-Georgiou — president and CEO of the Global Health Council, a nonpartisan group that advocates for global health — ...
One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is ...
When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he's expected to issue a series of orders with far-reaching impact on global ...
Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to ...
Four key decisions await Trump: reinstating the Mexico City Policy; withdrawing from WHO, abandoning the Pandemic Prevention Treaty and de-authorizing PEPFAR, the HIV prevention program.
The Global Health program at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) provides independent, evidence-based analysis and recommendations to help policymakers, business leaders, journalists ...
David P. Fidler is senior fellow for global health and cybersecurity at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an expert in international law, cybersecurity, national security, terrorism ...
The move to exit the WHO is historic and controversial. The U.S. has long been the most generous provider of humanitarian ...