Trump shocks the world: USA freeze billions of health for health!

Trump shocks the world: USA freeze billions of health for health!

After the take office of US President Donald Trump, this government announced the resignation from the World Health Organization (WHO) and frozen almost all the foreign aid from the United States. This has alarming consequences for worldwide health programs. WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asks the United States to rethink its cuts and warns of catastrophic effects that could possibly cost millions of lives. As reports krone.at , the financing of programs to combat HIV could destroy 20 years of progress in the next few years and lead to over 10 million additional infections and up to 3 million deaths.

In addition, important global vaccination campaigns against children's paralysis, malaria and tuberculosis would be affected. Tedros emphasizes that the United States has been one of the greatest financial supporters in the fight against Malaria in the past two decades, which has achieved significant success in the fight against illness. These cuts would not only affect health care in the United States, but also endanger extensive investments and progress in global health care, such as Spiegel.de reported. Tedros therefore urgently appeals to the US government to reconsider its decisions.