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Explainer: what Donald Trump's funding cuts to WHO mean for the world

  • Written by Adam Kamradt-Scott, Associate professor, University of Sydney

US President Donald Trump has announced the US is cutting its funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – a decision that will have major implications for the global health response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The US contributes more than US$400 million to the WHO per year, though it is already US$200 million in arrears. It is the...

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