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Using Covid-19 To Strengthen The Who: Promoting Health And Science Above Politics, Lawrence O. Gostin, Sarah A. Wetter
Using Covid-19 To Strengthen The Who: Promoting Health And Science Above Politics, Lawrence O. Gostin, Sarah A. Wetter
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On April 14, 2020, President Trump announced the suspension of funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate WHO’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic—citing WHO’s “disastrous decision” to oppose a travel ban on China, and for being slow and “China-centric.” Certainly, China failed in its international duty to respond rapidly and transparently to the novel coronavirus, and it suppressed truthful information, propelling a localized outbreak into a pandemic now in over 210 countries. Yet close examination of WHO’s COVID-19 response reveals that the Organization acted in line with its authority under the International Health Regulations, and using the available …