Groningen Centre for Health Law

As soon as Donald Trump began his second term as US President, he started taking steps that will cause serious harm to global public health. On the day of his inauguration for a second term, Trump took action to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO).

With WHO now seeing a dramatic reduction of funding, staff, and programming, low- and middle-income countries will be disproportionately impacted, as they will receive less financial and technical support for strengthening their health systems and health programs. This WHO support is desperately needed as health inequities rise across nations – in the control of infectious diseases and beyond.

De terugtrekking van de VS is uiteindelijk slecht voor de hele wereld. Minder steun voor de WHO betekent minder aandacht voor wereldwijde infectieziektebestrijding. Dit houdt bijvoorbeeld in: minder financiering en ondersteuning voor pandemische paraatheid – de voorbereiding van een land op de uitbraak van een infectieziekte.