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Ghebreyesus urges Trump to reconsider move to quit WHO

He says boby plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing, and responding to health emergencies,

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has called on United States President Donald Trump to reconsider an executive order setting the stage for withdrawal from the United Nations body.

US President Donald Trump has been wooed by the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus to reconsider the country’s withdrawal.

In a statement hours after Trump was sworn in and declared withdrawal from the organisation, Ghebreyesus highlighted how WHO had benefited from the partnership between the US and the WHO.

“The World Health Organisation regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the organisation,” he said.

The DG said WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing, and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks, often in dangerous places where others cannot go.

Ghebreyesus said the US was a founding member of WHO in 1948 and has participated in shaping and governing WHO’s work ever since.

He said together, they were able to end smallpox and bring polio to the brink of eradication.

“American institutions have contributed to and benefited from membership in WHO,” he added.

According to Ghebreyesus, the participation of the United US and other Member States WHO has over the past seven years implemented the largest set of reforms in its history adding that the work continues.

“We look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and the WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe,” he said.

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After his swearing-in Ceremony yesterday, Trump signed tens of executive order, including the one that sets in motion the process of withdrawing the US from the WHO.

Trump has previously criticised how WHO handled Covid-19 and began the process of pulling out from the Geneva-based institution. The immediate former US president Joe Biden later reversed the process.

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