• Why Trump's WHO Withdrawal Is Bad News For Africa

  • Jan 23 2025
  • Length: 12 mins
  • Podcast

Why Trump's WHO Withdrawal Is Bad News For Africa

  • Summary

  • The World Health Organization called on the US to reconsider President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the agency, suggesting the move could undermine global health security.

    On this week’s episode, Bloomberg’s health and consumer reporter Janice Kew joins Jennifer Zabasajja to explain how planned departure would leave the WHO scrambling to replace its top donor, and how losing that funding could put the work that the WHO carries out on containing diseases such as HIV, polio and Ebola as well as a recent outbreak of lethal Marburg virus at risk

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