Science & technology | Donald Trump and the World Health Organisation

America’s departure from the WHO would harm everyone

Whether it is a negotiating ploy remains to be seen

The World Health Organisation crest on the wall.
Photograph: Panos

DONALD TRUMP has once again set his sights on the World Health Organisation (WHO). On  January 20th America’s newly inaugurated president signed an executive order signalling that his country would withdraw from the UN agency. The order cites the WHO’s mishandling of covid-19, failure to reform and lack of independence as reasons for withdrawal.

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