The World Health Organization leader worked with Carter for 20 years to fight the world's "neglected" diseases. After attending Carter's funeral, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared memories.

Jimmy Carter’s example — as a leader, a humanitarian, and a human — can guide us through these unclear times, writes WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

During and after his presidency, President Carter also demonstrated the political and moral leadership of the United States over and over again, and its role in advancing global security, collaboration and health to protect everyone in America and around the world. These examples and more are prescient for today’s volatile world.

And with his wife, Rosalynn Carter, carving out space for people ... who is now director-general of the World Health Organization. While Carter had come to talk about another program, Tedros said his country needed help with malaria. That encounter led ...

Rosalynn Carter, born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith on August 18, 1927, in Plains, Georgia, was a prominent American public figure and the lifelong companion of the 39th president of the

The U.S.'s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization has received global criticism, with the WHO expressing regret.

"The bottom line is that withdrawing from the WHO makes Americans and the world less safe," says Dr. Tom Frieden, president and CEO of the nonprofit health organization Resolve to Save Lives and former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The exit will cut a huge chunk from the World Health Organization’s budget, but the short-term financial gain for the US could come at the cost of disease outbreaks flaring up across the world.

As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.

Public health experts say there could be massive implications after President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.

By exiting the WHO and pulling funding, the U.S. would lose any leverage to enact those reforms,” writes Ashish K. Jha.