U.S. severs ties with WHO, raising concerns about flu epidemics [View all]
Source: NBC
The United States has terminated its partnership with the World Health Organization, opting instead to work directly with other countries and private groups on global health matters, administration officials said Thursday.
“The U.S. will continue to lead on global health, but it will not be done through the WHO,” a Department of Health and Human Services official said on a call with reporters. HHS declined to allow its representatives to speak on the record.
Instead, the official said, the administration plans to rely on relationships with other countries, as well as partnerships with nongovernmental and faith-based organizations.
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Infectious disease experts warned that the exit from WHO is likely to leave dangerous blind spots in disease surveillance and preparedness — particularly when it comes to one of the most vexing and deadly illnesses the U.S. encounters every year: the flu.
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