The US withdrawal from the WHO: a global health crisis in the making

2025/01/20 by Kent Buse, Larry Gostin, Adeeba Kamarulzaman +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · #Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.r116

openalex publication_date 2025/01/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

In a major blow to global health, the US administration has announced plans to withdraw from the World Health Organization. Kent Buse and colleagues propose urgent actions for the international community to mitigate the damage.

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