The United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization on Thursday, making good on an executive order that President Trump issued on his first day in office pledging to leave the international organization that coordinates global responses to public health threats.

US Exits WHO: The withdrawal of the US from the WHO was reportedly carried out through an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump. According to the Trump administration, the move fulfills a promise made on the president’s first day in office.

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