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WHO Withdrawal Could Be a Disaster—or an Opportunity

In this analysis piece published in Foreign Policy, the Center for Global Health Policy and Politics's Matthew Kavanagh explores the legal and political challenges around President Donald Trump's plans to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Trump is Withdrawing From the WHO. That’s a Grave Mistake.

In this opinion article published in the Washington Post, Lawrence Gostin from the O'Neill Institute argues that withdrawing U.S. support would undermine public health security both domestically and internationally, diminishing American leadership on the world stage.