The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, "was dismayed to learn of the US government's announcement to withdraw from the WHO," the statement said. “Today, more than ever, the world depends on WHO to fulfill its mandate to ensure global public health security as a shared common good.”, also affirmed Moussa Faki Mahamat, who hopes that "The US government will reconsider its decision to withdraw from this key global organization of which it is a founding member." This decision is causing concern on the continent, which is currently facing several epidemics, such as MPOX and the Marburg virus.
China reacts
“In Africa, the United States was an early and strong supporter of the creation of the Africa CDC, the African Union’s technical agency for public health emergencies that works with the WHO and WHO’s global members to detect, prepare for, respond to, and recover from pandemics.”, notably warned the AU. The decree signed by the American president, which he justifies by the gap in American and Chinese financial contributions, has caused a reaction across the world, with the European Union saying " worry ", China claiming that "The role of the WHO must be strengthened, not weakened."“.
The risk of bird flu
The United States, which had already begun the process of leaving the WHO during Mr. Trump's first term in 2020, is the main donor and partner of this Geneva-based UN organization. By withdrawing from the organization, the United States will lose privileged access to important epidemic surveillance data, several experts have warned, which could harm its capacity to monitor and prevent health threats from abroad. This withdrawal is particularly worrying because it comes at a time when the widespread circulation of the avian flu virus in the United States is heightening fears of a future pandemic. The country recorded its first human death linked to the H5N1 virus in early January.
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