ReportReport this social embed, make a complaint<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nMr Faki called the move “deeply regrettable” and said “today more than ever, the world depends on WHO’s leadership” in response to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BBC Africa health editor Anne Mawathe says the move will have a devastating impact in Africa, where the WHO has played an especially important role in the fight against malaria, TB and HIV in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The WHO often helps fill the funding gaps in Africa’s weak healthcare infrastructure, paying for much needed essentials, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also playing a key role coordinating much of the coronavirus response in the continent, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US is the single largest funder of the WHO, providing more than $400m (\u00a3320m) each year – about 15% of its total budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Trump said on Tuesday that the WHO had “failed in its basic duty” in its response to coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Trump has accused the WHO of making deadly mistakes and overly trusting China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I am directing my administration to halt funding while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organization’s role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus,” Mr Trump told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A White House statement on Wednesday said the agency had “failed” the US people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has been widely criticized for his decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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