The United States has long been a leader in global health, and it is important to protect Americans as we remain – that’s why President Trump’s isolated emotions are alarming.
On Monday, a few hours after taking power, Mr. Trump signed a Executive Order The declaration of the United States will move forward to withdraw from the World Health Organization (tried to do something. During his first periodBefore Biden changed the decision as president). According to an analysis, its plans to impose large -scale taxes on imported goods in the country can prove to be disastrous for the manufacture of medicines within our borders, because many essential components come from abroad. An estimate of which is estimated at 60 % of India and China.
Americans’ health is in danger. Border walls and protection policies cannot prevent infectious diseases from entering the country. Only with international surveillance of infection, overcoming outbreaks and the ultimate elimination of infectious diseases worldwide can be saved and secure. We should prefer vaccine sharing with other countries, medical providers are offering career overseas, cooperating with other institutions in clinical trials and research studies, and outbreaks and health trends all over the world. The facts should be involved in information. And the United States should be on the way.
Many people consider America’s global health work a smart diplomacy. Even highly discouraged countries welcome our medical skills and support, because health security is essential for international security and the economy of every country. Immediately after the Trump administration came to the office, the active engagement in global health security measures was angry. This gave us little ability to increase the timely and strong reaction for the global outbreak of Covid -19, destroy the world’s economy and promote conflicts around the world.
Since the end of World War II, the United States Department of Health and Human Services has been a prominent global leader in global health thanks to dozens of foundations and non -profit groups like the USAID, and the Gates Foundation. . Many of its efforts have been historically organized under the DWHO’s umbrella, whose members work together all year long to prevent pandemic diseases, save vaccine programs that are more lively. Savings and to deal with issues like maternity deaths and Alzheimer’s disease that affect all countries.
The US leadership has always been important for these efforts. Last year, the country led the team that successfully discussed the new amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations, which control the rights, responsibilities and reporting requirements of 196 countries. These amendments are designed to strengthen the ability to declare and respond to the pandemic, partially. The US leadership also assisted in presenting meetings between the country’s leaders Pandemic diseasesFor, for, for, for,. Tipious And Antimicrobial resistance In some of the latest UN General Assembly meetings.
Although the WHO is in dire need of a latest organizational and operational structure, as Mr Trump has announced, withdrawing from this global organization will be disastrous. When there is an attack in public health crises, no one is behind the timely reaction and more resources deployment.
For decades, the centers of disease control and prevention centers have helped train and position pandemic diseases in different parts of the world so that they respond to a new outbreak of diseases long before they reach our borders. And quickly identify and identify the emerging pathogens. We saw that during the 2014 outbreak of Ebola in Nigeria’s Lagos, we saw the efforts of this effort. Patients’ contacts were identified, isolated and visited by the CDC and its partners trained by trained personnel – whose efforts prevent Ebola from using the rest of Nigeria and Africa and Puri Helping other countries in the world.
The HHS also led government efforts to eradicate polio in collaboration with the Gates Foundation and CDC workers overseas. India and Africa received a certificate as a polio -free as a result of training of local health workers, financing vaccine measures and encouraging vaccination efforts, which eliminated the disease from most corners of the world. –
Some suggest that the withdrawal of international health cooperation will not hurt the United States, and it is possible that when closing its borders and the spread is identified, the journey should be banned. But we live in a mutual world: In addition to the majority of our drugs, about 15 % of the country’s food supply is imported. About 8 million US countries leave a month for business, tourism and family tours, and about 666 million international visitors travel nationwide every year. As long as the Trump administration also imposed a travel ban for Coid 19, the disease was already in the US communities. It is foolish to believe that the country can protect itself from spreading every potential infectious disease without more active solutions.
In fact, the country is already facing a crisis in the form of bird flu. The disease has destroyed poultry stocks, spreading livestock, and even finding a way to affect a handful of humans. The cases that enter the hospital (including the recorded death) have only increased fear.
There is still time to come to Mr Trump’s senses and inverted course. It is in the interests of our national security-and it is essential for the health and welfare of the country-that we continue to guide global health.
Kathleen Sebelius, who was elected as the governor of Democrat Kansas, was the secretary of health and human services from 2009 to 2014.
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