President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, raising concerns about the U.N. agency's ability to fight diseases and respond to emergencies around the globe without its biggest funder.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has responded to the US withdrawal from the global health body. In a statement on Tuesday (Jan 21), WHO said that it regrets the announcement of the United States of America to withdraw from the organisation.

President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, raising concerns about the U.N. agency's ability to fight diseases and respond to emergencies around the globe without its biggest funder.

A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that it regrets U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the global agency and hopes that it will change its mind.

China has vowed to support the World Health Organization (WHO) after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the global health agency. This move comes after Trump criticized the WHO's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

Trump started the process to withdraw from WHO during his first term but then-President Biden reversed it on his first day in office.

Berlin will try to talk U.S. President Donald Trump out of his decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organisation, Germany's health minister said on Tuesday. The U.N. agency also said that it hoped that its top donor country would change its mind and looked forward to a constructive dialogue with Trump's team.

Trump has signed an executive order beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization, the global agency that came into the spotlight at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.