# Withdrawing from the World Health Organization

> Began the process of withdrawing the U.S. — the WHO's largest funder — from the organization and halting related funding.

Donald Trump · Healthcare · Executive Order · EO 14155 · Jan 20, 2025
Official record: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-02009

## What happened

Began the process of withdrawing the U.S. — the WHO's largest funder — from the organization and halting related funding.

## How it happened

Signed Inauguration Day; withdrawal requires one year's notice under the terms of U.S. membership.

## Documented impact

- [positive / contested] Supporters cite WHO's COVID-era failures and reform needs. — The administration cited mismanagement and undue influence by member states as justification.
- [negative / substantiated] Removes the WHO's single largest funder and the U.S. seat at the table. — The U.S. had provided the largest share of the WHO's budget, so withdrawal removes major funding and U.S. influence over global health governance — a documented consequence, not a both-sides dispute.
- [negative / projected] Public-health experts project weakened global pandemic surveillance. — Groups warned that reduced U.S. participation and funding would slow disease monitoring and outbreak response; the size of that effect is a forecast.

## Sources

- [Federal Register: EO 14155](https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-02009)

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