- President Donald Trump’s executive order to withdraw the US from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has been welcomed with mixed reactions
- Some experts have claimed that the withdrawal would affect the international health group’s activities in Nigeria and Africa because the US is the largest funder of the WHO
- However, Dr Ronke Agoro, a health expert, explained that the development might be an advantage for Nigeria to look inward and develop internal solutions to its internal health challenges
Dr Ronke Agoro has welcomed Donald Trump’s executive order to withdraw US support from the WHO
Photo Credit: Getty ImagesSource: TwitterTrump ordered US withdrawal from WHO? Expert reacts”For any organisation or country that is sponsoring another organisation like the US doing to WHO, the budget would definitely be affected. “However, maybe it is a good thing for every sovereign nation to take charge of how health policies are developed and/or implemented and not just follow the directives of an organisation. WHO’s essence has been questioned over the years, particularly during COVID-19.”Will Trump’s executive order affect Nigeria?”It might not necessarily be completely bad, it just means that we have to develop a new strategy to deal with local and global ailments. “The policies for Nigeria can now be properly domesticated from Nigeria and not automated from WHO, where Nigeria and other sovereign countries curate their own solutions to their own problems instead of domesticating or localising solutions and directives from WHO.”It is a new world order, thats how I see it. It might not necessarily be a bad thing if harnessed properly.”Full list of Trump’s executive orders
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