“We ask the United States to reconsider their support for global health“, Said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a press conference in Geneva.
The interruption of financing of the HIV programsfor example, “they could undo 20 years of progress, leading to More than 10 million additional cases of HIV and three million deaths related to HIV“He added.
From his return to the White House in January, US President Donald Trumphe decided to freeze almost all development aid programsincluding those who seek to improve health in the world.
The turn in the United States politics, which has traditionally been the largest international donor, caused a wave of panic in the humanitarian sector.