Report: Trump to Pull US from UN Health Organization on January 20

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The United States, historically the largest contributor to the World Health Organization, used to provide more than $400 million annually.
57% : ""Representatives from both ministries of health, as well as from Israel's Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), have been meeting on a regular basis to agree on matters of mutual concern, such as the understandings concerning Palestinian workers employed in Israel.
54% : The Associated Press reported in 2017 that the World Health Organization spends approximately $200 million annually on travel expenses -- an amount greater than its combined expenditures on mental health, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
51% : Members of President-elect Donald Trump's team informed health experts of their plans to announce the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization on inauguration day, January 20, The Financial Times reported late Sunday night.
51% : "Contrary to the statements by WHO's most repressive members in the Middle East and Africa, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in March 2020: "Since the start of the crisis, the Palestinian and Israeli authorities have maintained a close, unprecedented cooperation on efforts aimed at containing the epidemic.
45% : The move would strip WHO, a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for global public health of its largest financial contributor, significantly hindering its capacity to address global health crises.
31% : In April 2020, President Trump announced that his administration would suspend funding to the WHO.

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