🔆Current Context: US withdrawal from WHO under the Trump administration, reasons, impact, and global perspectives. US Withdrawal: 🔸2020: Announced withdrawal, Biden administration rejoined. 🔸2025: Withdrawal again, citing WHO's bias towards China and mishandling of COVID-19. ✅Impact: Loss of largest contributor (close to 15% of WHO funding). 📍Reasons for Withdrawal: ✅Official: "National emergency" due to illegal immigration and drugs. ✅Actual: Trade imbalances, campaign promises, criticism of WHO's COVID-19 response and perceived pro-China bias. Global Response: 🔸Mixed views: ~45% Americans agreed with Trump's assessment in 2020. 🔸UK, Canada, Germany: Lower agreement (30-34%). ✅Pew Research Center survey (2024): Increased negative sentiment towards WHO among Americans. 📍Impact of Funding Loss: ✅Financial strain: Difficult to replace US contribution (~$1.2 billion in 2022-23). ✅Programmatic impact: Affects access to health services, emergency response, polio eradication, epidemic/pandemic prevention. ✅Opportunity for other nations: Potential for other countries to take a larger role. Possible Questions: ✅Prelims: Which of the following are reasons given for the US withdrawal from the WHO in 2025? Concerns about trade imbalances. Allegations of pro-China bias within WHO. Dissatisfaction with WHO's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 ✅Mains: Critically evaluate the impact of the US withdrawal from the WHO on global health governance and financing. Discuss the potential implications for international cooperation in addressing future health crises. #gs2 #health #ir #mains