When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative.

The U.S. has been a part of WHO since 1948, the year it was founded. The U.S. withdrawal makes it the only major world power to exit the 194-country health organization.

"It's a cataclysmic presidential decision," say experts, referring to President Trump's executive order to pull the country out of WHO

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The move sets a 12-month notice period for the U.S. to leave the United Nations health agency and stop all financial contributions to its work.

By Patrick Wingrove, Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge NEW YORK/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States will leave 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 Geneva-based WHO plays a pivotal role in battling global health threats, focusing on infectious diseases as well as humanitarian crises and chronic

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO).

The World Health Organization responded Tuesday to President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the U.N. health organization, but didn't address any of the

International: Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the WHO, a body he has repeatedly criticized over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

GENEVA: President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the World Health Organization on Monday (Jan 20) leaves the WHO facing a major blow to its budget.