Trump Orders CDC to Immediately Stop All Collaboration with World Health Organization

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) –

The order followed President Donald Trump’s announcement on his first day in office (January 20) that the US would be withdrawing from the WHO it co-founded in 1948.

The WHO provides a global platform for tracking and sharing health data, while the CDC offers expertise and resources to manage public health responses. Both agencies advance research to develop vaccines, treatments, and other solutions for diseases and have collaborated extensively.

Announcing his decision to withdraw the US from the WHO in an executive order, Trump explained: “The United States noticed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020 due to the organization’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.”

“In addition, the WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries’ assessed payments. China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300 percent of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90 percent less to the WHO,” Trump said.

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