Health experts and world leaders condemn Donald Trump's decision to freeze WHO Funds

Leading health experts have labelled Donald Trump’s decision to cut funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) as a “crime against humanity” and a “damnable” act that will cost lives. The move also drew a rebuke from the head of the United Nations, who said the WHO was “absolutely critical to the world’s efforts to win the war against Covid-19”. Dr Nahid Bhadelia, an infectious disease doctor and associate professor at Boston University’s school of medicine, said the cut was “an absolute disaster.

The European Union joined worldwide condemnation of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization, saying it was unjustified during the coronavirus pandemic. "Deeply regret U.S. decision to suspend funding to WHO. There is no reason justifying this move at a moment when their efforts are needed more than ever," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Twitter. Germany slammed Wednesday the US decision to suspend payments to the World Health Organization (WHO), as Foreign

Minister Heiko Maas warned against "blaming others" for the coronavirus crisis. AMA President Patrice Harris called it "a dangerous step in the wrong direction that will not make defeating COVID-19 easier" and urged Trump to reconsider. African Union head Moussa Faki Mahamat termed the decision "deeply regrettable" and said the world had a "collective responsibility" to help WHO during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At a time like this when we need to be sharing information and we need to have advice we can rely on, the WHO has provided that. We will continue to support it and continue to make our contributions," New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said,  WHO also as an organisation does a lot of important work including here in our region in the Pacific and we work closely with them," Morrison said.