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US withdrawal from WHO
Deadly disease outbreaks in Africa underscore the need for US WHO membership
BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r423 (Published 05 March 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r423
- William C Lieber, global health researcher1,
- Faraan O Rahim, global health researcher2,
- Philip Bakahirwa, public health officer3
- 1Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- 3Ministry of Health of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
- will.lieber{at}duke.edu
Within hours of being sworn in, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO).1 On 30 January 2025, just 10 days later, a deadly outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus was reported in Kampala, Uganda.2 By 10 February, nine cases of the virus had been confirmed.3 This marks Uganda’s sixth Ebola outbreak since 2000, …
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