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Guest Essay
By Kathleen Sebelius
Mrs. Sebelius, former governor of Kansas, was secretary of Fitness and Human in the administration of Obama.
The United States has long been a leader in global health, and it is critical to protecting Americans that way, which is why some of President Trump’s isolationist impulses are concerning.
On Monday, just hours after taking office, Trump signed an executive order announcing that the United States would walk away from the World Health Organization (something he tried to do during his first term, before Joe Biden reversed the president’s decision). Imposing large price lists on goods imported into the country can simply be devastating for drug manufacturing within our borders, given that many of the necessary ingredients come from abroad, adding about 60% from India and China, according to one analysis.
The ability of Americans is at stake. Border walls and protectionist policies cannot prevent infectious diseases from entering the country. Only with foreign surveillance vigilant of infections, containment of outbreaks and the eventual eradication of infectious diseases of Americans that Americans can be and safe. Prioritize vaccine exchange with other countries, medical education suppliers offer attention abroad, participate in clinical trials and studies of studies with other institutions, and constantly share data on epidemics and physical conditioning trends worldwide and the United States You will have to continue with leading the way.
Many American paintings on global fitness as smart diplomacy. Even the most hostile countries appreciate our expertise and medical support, because physical security is imperative for each country’s foreign security and economy. Trump’s first administration has moderated its active commitment to global fitness security projects in some time after taking office. This made us much less able to establish a rapid and physically powerful reaction to the CovVI-19 epidemic, which has devastated the global economy and exacerbated conflicts around the global.
Since the end of World War II, the United States has been the pre-eminent world leader in global health thanks to the Department of Health and Human Services’ global health programs, U.S.A.I.D., and dozens of foundations and nonprofit groups, like the Gates Foundation. Many of its efforts have historically been organized under the umbrella of the W.H.O., whose members work together throughout the year to prevent pandemics, to further vaccine programs that save lives, and to tackle issues like maternal mortality and Alzheimer’s disease that affect all countries.
American leadership has played a critical role in those efforts. Last year, the country led the team that effectively negotiated new amendments to the International Health Regulations 2005, which govern the rights, obligations and reporting needs for 196 countries. These amendments are intended, in part, to strengthen WHO’s ability to respond to and respond to a pandemic. The United States has also helped organize meetings of country leaders on pandemic response, tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance at some of the recent United Nations General Assembly meetings.
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