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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Coronavirus latest: Germany defends WHO after Trump halts funding

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has joined a global chorus defending the World Health Organization after Donald Trump blasted the UN body and suspended funds. Follow DW for the latest.

What does the WHO do, and why has Trump stopped supporting it?

Sadly, those who support President in lockstep will either not read this article or accept it if they do read it.

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Trump has suspended funding to the World Health Organization over its coronavirus response

The World Health Organization (WHO) was founded as the UN global health body in 1948 in the aftermath of the second world war with a mandate to promote global health, protect against infectious disease and to serve the vulnerable. It was inspired by the international sanitary conferences of the 19th century set up to combat communicable diseases such as cholera, yellow fever and plague.

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“Pitfall of national consciousness” – NadiaHarhash

Why does one have to be on top of the other? Why does one have to get there first and push off all the other people at the rendezvous of victory? It seems to me completely wrong to do that. One of the things I’ve opposed in various things I’ve written recently is the idea…

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Trump suspends U.S. funding for World Health Organization – Los Angeles Times

Trump says he has directed a halt to U.S. payments to the World Health Organization pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus, blaming the organization for not preventing the pandemic.
— Read on www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-14/trump-halts-u-s-funding-to-the-world-health-organization

Traitor! Puts US at risk over his ego 🤬