the refusal of the US to Fund the world health organization (who) will seriously affect the ability of African countries to deal with crises, including pandemic coronavirus. This was stated by the representative of the who in Africa Michel Yao.
He noted that now is not the time to suspend contributions, the opposite of solidarity is important. “It is possible that less developed countries need the who, but on the continent the organization’s presence is really necessary. We have countries experiencing protracted crisis”, – quotes RIA Novosti Yao.
According to him, about 80% of the total contribution to the health budget comes from African member States, of which 20% comes from USA. This assistance goes to programming, the dispatch of experts assisting in the implementation of these programs the monitoring of the epidemiological situation and response to the crises in health care, and more.
we will Remind, the President of the United States Donald trump have repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction with the steps the who’s pandemic of a novel coronavirus. The us President also set a condition for the continued funding of the who from the United States. He stated in a letter addressed to the head of the organization Tedros Adhanom of Gebreyesus, noting that completely stop the contributions if the organization within 30 days will not reform.
