WHO chief urges Trump to reconsider cuts to Global health funding amid warnings of crisis

Simon Majadibodu

The director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urges US President Donald Trump to reverse significant cuts to global health funding, warning that the disruption could cost millions of lives worldwide. “We ask the US to reconsider its support for global health, which not only saves lives around the world, it also makes the US safer by preventing outbreaks from spreading internationally,” Ghebreyesus said during a media briefing on Monday. Ghebreyesus cautioned that the two HIV programs could undo 20 years of progress, leading to more than 10 million additional cases of HIV and 3 million HIV-related deaths, more than triple the number of deaths last year. The call comes after Trump froze all US foreign aid, including substantial assistance for global health, affecting countries like…

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