Washington: World Health Organization on the Biden Administration’s decision to re-induct the United States into the United Nations Health Agency by Vice President Kamala Harris of America. (World Health Organization) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
He told Ghebreyesus that the Biden administration believes that WHO is critical for reinforcing Covid-19 and improving health facilities globally and for epidemic preparedness. President Joe Biden signed the executive order to reintroduce the US to the WHO as soon as he took office.
Former President Donald Trump also announced the separation of the US from the WHO last year, accusing the WHO of being unable to deal with the Corona Virus and coming under the influence of China. According to a statement issued by the White House, Harris stressed during the conversation that he and Biden were confident that the WHO would stop global health services once again, preventing the spread of COVID-19. There is an important role in improving and preparing to deal with the global epidemic.
“The Vice President and the Director-General of the WHO also discussed the role of the United States on global public health and humanitarian actions to combat the global epidemic,” the statement said. Harris also emphasized that global health security was needed to intensify efforts to combat Covid-19, reduce its other effects on women and girls, and prevent any other disease from becoming an epidemic. The Biden-Harris Administration will fully support the upgrade.
The White House said they also stressed the importance of making America safer through global cooperation. The Director-General of WHO thanked Harris for calling him and also congratulated Biden and him for taking over. Earlier, Anthony Fauci, the US government’s top expert on infectious diseases, addressed a meeting of the WHO Executive Board, stating that the US would not remove its employees from the agency.
He said that the US would restore regular contact with the WHO body of its government employees directly and through agency-affiliated centers. Fossey said that the US would meet the financial support to the organization. Under the relationship with the WHO it is keen to have technical cooperation at all levels.
He said that being a member nation of the WHO, the US would work positively to improve the agency and strengthen it so that it could cooperate in leading the collective effort in the fight against Covid-19 internationally. He said that the Biden administration intends to fully cooperate in advancing global health, global health security, and the global health security agenda and building a healthy future for all people.
