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EPISODE · Jan 29, 2025 · 23 MIN

Leaving The WHO? Ending Foreign Aid? How Trump’s Moves Could Affect Global Health, U.S. Influence Abroad

from In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

On day one of his second term, President Donald Trump began the process of pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization. Since then, the State Department has also stopped funding for nearly all aid programs addressing crises around the world. Reset discusses what’s at stake for global health and humanitarian efforts with executive director of the Robert J. Havey Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Dr. Robert Murphy and MedGlobal president Dr. Zaher Sahloul. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

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