The U.S. has traditionally been the most generous benefactor of the WHO. A Trump executive order to cut ties with the WHO could pose a threat to global public health.

Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.

The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

President Trump is making good on his pre-election pledge to withdraw from the World Health Organization. He signed an executive action in the Oval Office Monday night to the process for terminating U.S. membership in the U.N. agency that oversees global health issues.

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The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

The newly inaugurated president has announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.

President Trump fulfilled his campaign pledge Monday to pull the U.S. out of the World Health Organization (WHO). The big picture: The U.S. is the WHO's top donor, contributing about $130 million per year to help cover its global health preparedness and response,

A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that it regrets U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the global agency and hopes that it will change its mind. "We hope that United States will reconsider,