The World Health Organization describes its job as “the global guardian of health.”
It is now possibly facing the most devastating global health threat in its 72-year history: the novel coronavirus pandemic. WHO is devoting hundreds of millions of dollars and an all-hands-on-deck approach to the effort to vanquish the virus.
And it is being accused of failing to uphold its mission. On April 14, President Trump put a temporary halt on U.S. funding for the agency, pending an investigation to see if WHO is “severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus.”
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