The U.S. Will Leave the World Health Organization
The U.S. Will Leave the World Health Organization

Author(s): Szymon Zaręba
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, International relations/trade, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: USA: WHO; leaving; COVID-19; Donald Trump;
Summary/Abstract: President Donald Trump announced on 29 May that the United States is withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO). Although he said this decision was based on supposed Chinese control of the WHO and the body’s refusal to undertake reforms demanded by the U.S., the reason also could be his aim to divert American public attention from his administration’s negligence in the fight against COVID-19. The U.S. must let a year lapse between notification and withdrawal and pay any outstanding contributions before it fully exits. From Poland’s perspective, the U.S. leaving the WHO is unfavourable because it reduces the chances of broader reform of the body.

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