Gostin Lawrence O, Meier Benjamin Mason
Lawrence O. Gostin is Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University, co-faculty director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law, Washington, DC, USA.
Benjamin Mason Meier is a professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA and a senior scholar at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington, DC, USA.
Science. 2025 Feb 7;387(6734):559. doi: 10.1126/science.adw1554. Epub 2025 Jan 22.
On 20 January, President Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). President Trump shares many of the same concerns about WHO as previous administrations, including improved transparency, financial oversight, and accountability. He also believes that China has exerted undue influence on WHO-a charge that WHO adamantly denies. But the US cannot influence WHO if it is not at the table. WHO will remain at the center of global health governance, but this withdrawal will limit US leadership to protect public health and challenge WHO coordination in facing global challenges.
1月20日，特朗普总统宣布美国退出世界卫生组织（WHO）。特朗普总统与往届政府一样，对世卫组织存在诸多担忧，包括提高透明度、财务监督和问责制。他还认为中国对世卫组织施加了不当影响，世卫组织坚决否认这一指控。但如果美国不参与其中，就无法对世卫组织施加影响。世卫组织仍将处于全球卫生治理的核心地位，但此次退出将限制美国在保护公众健康方面的领导力，并在应对全球挑战时对世卫组织的协调工作构成挑战。
