As one of the world’s largest funders of global health, America’s step back may curtail efforts to provide lifesaving health care and combat deadly outbreaks, especially in lower-income countries without the means to do so alone.

WHO’s constitution, drafted in New York, doesn’t have a clear exit method for member states. A joint resolution by Congress in 1948 outlined that the U.S. can withdraw with one year's notice. This is contingent, however, on ensuring that its financial obligations to WHO “shall be met in full for the organization’s current fiscal year.”

Switzerland has expressed “deep” regret over US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), Swiss Health Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider told ...

As the WHO’s largest donor, the US departure raises critical concerns about funding, global health initiatives, and pandemic preparedness. Experts warn that this move could weaken international health collaboration,

Trump has signed executive orders to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization and the Paris climate agreement since he took office.

One of the world's biggest global health funders will ask the private sector for a steep increase in donations as concern of a shortfall in government contributions grows following a US decision to exit the World Health Organization.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of European Community, and German chancellor Olaf Scholz, also taking part in Jan. 20-24 meeting in Switzerland - Anadolu Ajansı

Since the pandemic, many major economies like the United Kingdom have tightened restrictions on visas. Migrant health care workers from Zimbabwe struggle as they must live apart from their children and spouses Harare,

The ending of the commitment to the World Health Organization by the United States poses as an existential threat to the well-being of the international working class.

T he Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, has announced its 2025 awardees during the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters,

By withdrawing from the World Health Organization and overhauling aid, Trump's new executive orders endanger Americans and the globe, researchers warn. The move also cedes U.S. power to other nations.

President Trump has initiated significant changes domestically and internationally through executive orders, including ending birthright citizenship, retracting from climate agreements, and imposing tariffs.