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US aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide – WHO  The United States slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the globe, says a World Health Organization official, 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 Development (USAID) and other programs, and announced plans to leave the WHO.   AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews #WHO #USAID

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00:00So, the U.S.'s withdrawal from the WHO is something that created a relationship that we have,

00:08the significant ties we have, not just with the U.S. government, 160 million people,

00:14from Morocco all the way to Afghanistan, the largest number of migrants,

00:18the largest number of countries under sanction,

00:21which will, in essence, affect the sustainable development.

00:27The WHO, with its partners, have a significant role in sustaining health care systems,

00:35rehabilitation of health care systems, emergency medical team training and dispatching,

00:42pre-placement of trauma kits.

00:46Many of these programs have now stopped or are not going to be able to continue.

00:52The emergency medical team support, procurement of the medications,

00:58and the rehabilitation of the health care facilities,

01:02all of that has been immediately impacted by the freeze of the U.S. support.

01:09With Sudan, we work significantly to identify emerging and re-emerging pathogens

01:15to keep the Sudanese safe, but also to keep the rest of the world safe.

01:20So it will impact our ability to continue to do surveillance, detection of diseases funded enough.

01:29And we are the global health agency that supports surveillance of emerging and re-emerging pathogens.

01:36There's an immediate threat of a COVID pandemic scenario repeating itself on a smaller scale or a larger scale.

01:46Take care.

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