US aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide: WHO

Riyadh. US cuts in international aid could worsen the humanitarian situation in areas of conflict where health systems are already under severe stress, a World Health Organization (WHO) official warned yesterday.

The Gaza Strip and the Sudan are already affected by this decision, which affects "WHO's ability to monitor and detect diseases" globally, worries the United Nations Agency for Health.

US aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide

RIYADH — The United States slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the globe, a World Health Organization official said Sunday, also warning against withdrawing from the UN agency.Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has effectively frozen foreign aid funding, moved to dismantle the US Agency for International

U.S. aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide: WHO

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has effectively frozen foreign aid funding, moved to dismantle the USAID and other programmes, and announced plans to leave the WHO

The massive disengagement of the United States from international aid risks aggravating the humanitarian situation in areas of conflict where health systems are already very tested, as in Gaza and Sudan, warned a World Health Organization official on Sunday. ...

The massive disengagement of the United States from international aid may worsen the humanitarian situation in areas of conflict where health systems are already very tested, such as in Gaza and Sudan, warned a World Health Organization official on Sunday.