Gety picturesThe President of the World Health Organization (the World Health Organization) says programs that must process HIV, Selalo Olio, MPOX, and bird flu by freezing tens of dollars of foreign aid from the United States.
US President Donald Trump has taken steps to close the United States for International Development (USAID), on the pretext that its spending was “completely unsuccessful.”
However, the President of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adihanum GiBriz, urged the Trump administration to consider the resumption of aid financing so that other solutions can be found.
He said at a press conference on Wednesday that HIV treatments and other services have been disrupted in 50 countries.
Dr. Tidros said for the first time about freezing on US aid financing, at a virtual press conference in Geneva. World Health.
In particular, he referred to Pepfar's comment, the president's Emergency Emergency Plan, AIDS, which he said had stopped HIV services, testing and preventing them in 50 countries.
He added that the re -postponement of life -saving services did not stop the turmoil.
“The clinics were closed and health workers were placed on leave,” said Dr. Tedros.
Global health experts have warned against the spread of the disease, In addition to a delay in developing new vaccines and treatments as a result of discounts.
Trump has argued that the American Agency for International Development is “incompetent and corrupt.”
Recently, huge discounts for a 10,000 -year workforce and the immediate suspension of almost all aid programs.
The agency spends about 40 billion dollars (32 billion pounds) – about 0.6 % of US annual government spending – on humanitarian aid, many of which go towards health programs.
The vast majority of the US Agency for International Development in Asia, sub -Saharan Africa and Europe are spent, as it is used primarily for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
Elon Musk, the technical billionaire of the White House to reduce the size of the federal government, previously claimed that the Relief Agency is a “criminal organization”.
Trump nor Musk provided clear evidence to support their claims.
As well as freezing on the United States Agency for International Development, President Trump has taken steps to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.
Under the Biden Administration, the United States was the largest financier of the United Nations Health Agency, and in 2023, it contributed almost five of the agency's budget.
Dr. Tedros said that Trump's decision affects cooperation between countries on global health threats. He also said that the United States has reduced its reports of bird flu.
The World Health Organization says it has used emergency measures similar to those used during the Kofid's pandemic to fill the gaps in which there is a deficiency – in anti -virus -saving virus drugs, for example, which are used to treat people who live with HIV.
Meg Duhri, director of global HIV, hepatitis and sexual disruption (STI) at the World Health Organization, said the efforts made to coordinate the vital supply exchange of drugs between countries.
However, she said that a better and long -term solution is needed: “We have asked for support from one country to another to participate, but this is a short -term approach.”
