Friday, March 14, 2025
  • CBS banner fefia

WHO director warns Marco Rubio that cutting ties will "make the US more insecure."

  • banner consultorio de visas

Ginebra.- He Director-General of the World Health Organization (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, headed through the red social X al US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, warning that cutting ties between the agency and the United States will make that country "more insecure."

"The WHO is helping to make Americans safer by working with all countries to stop infectious and deadly outbreaks like Ebola and Marburg at their source," the director general argued.

During his inauguration as Secretary of State, Rubio asserted that every State Department action would be evaluated by answering three questions: "Does it make us stronger?" "Does it make us safer?" and "Does it make us more prosperous?"

You may be interested in: WHO: US withdrawal of aid to HIV programs "puts millions of lives at risk"

CBS banner fefia

The United States withdrew from the WHO in January, although according to the agency This exit will take at least a year to become effective., and has since warned that this measure could have serious consequences for global health, with the United States being its main source of funding (around 18% of the total).

Reports this week indicated that the WHO has begun taking steps to address the funding crisis caused by the U.S. withdrawal, including setting a one-year term limit for new contracts. 

In the spotlight

  • Pasaporte - banner 300x214

  • Intrant - Banner 300x300

  • educación futuro a mil 300x250

Explore more

  • Ministerio de Vivienda - Banner 300x600 9k viviendas