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.

Ooh, that’s a big one,” Donald Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order – one of dozens during his first hours as president – to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.

The World Health Organization is drawing up a list of reasons why the U.S. should remain in the WHO for its own good, two sources familiar with the process told Reuters, as part of an attempt by its supporters to lobby incoming President Donald Trump.

The US tends to ping-pong on the rule based on the president’s political party, but Trump’s version goes further than previous bans. View on euronews

GENEVA/LONDON: The World Health Organization will cut costs and review which health programmes to prioritise after the United States announced its exit, its chief told staff in an internal memo seen by Reuters.

LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization launched its annual appeal for funding to respond to health emergencies on Thursday, days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States - the agency's biggest donor - puts a question mark over its long-term finances.

Trump moved to quit the U.N. health agency during his last presidency and is expected to take similar steps in his new administration, possibly as soon as he is inaugurated on Monday.

The British Journal of Midwifery ’s annual conference is again being sponsored by formula milk companies, despite clinicians and nutritionists repeatedly raising concerns about the practice which flouts World Health Organization guidance.

WHO, the United Nations health ... the organization is so large, its effects are often “diffuse,” said Francois Balloux, director of the Genetics Institute at University College London ...

Trump has long charged that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus covered up China’s responsibility for the Covid pandemic, and also aided Democrats who called Trump’s own move to shut the border to Chinese travelers racist.

While signing the order to end U.S. membership in the World Health Organization, the President spoke of the disparity between contributions from the U.S. and China. Here's how WHO funding works.

The European Commission introduced an action plan to strengthen the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers across the European Union.