Soon after the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, the country withdrew from the global health body the World Health Organization (WHO). As per the Executive Order of the White House, the "United States noticed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020 due to organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arouse out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently need reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states."This decision, may not be the correct one for Making America Healthy Again, a counterpart of the MAGA brand of Make America Great Again. As per Dr Ashish Jha, dean of the school of public health at Brown University and former White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, "For Americans it may not be obvious immediately what the impact will be but given the world we live in and all of the factors that are driving more disease outbreaks, America cannot fight them alone." He also said that an effective WHO is not only important to keep the world safe from diseases, but "to keep Americans safe from these diseases".What Does It Mean To Public Health?The US is a major sponsor of the WHO, its withdrawal means cutting off funding for aiding public health programs in developing countries.William Schaffner, MD, professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville told a medical-media reporting outlet, "Viruses don’t require passports to move around the world. Our capacity to gather information and apply that information for the protection of our own population is, in part, dependent on our relationships with other countries, and that works most smoothly with the World Health Organization."WHO is also responsible for other public health programs, especially vaccines. Each year, scientists from around the world work with health officials and determine which influenza and COVID-19 strains to include in updated versions of these shots. US, for as long as it was the member, had access to samples of these strains, which helped in vaccine development. Thus, being part of this network is critical, especially when new viruses or strain emerges.Also Read: Kolkata-Born Jay Bhattacharya Key Candidate For US Health Agency NIH DirectorThe WHO also provides guidance and advices on breastfeeding, diabetes, giving up smoking, and many more, which applies across countries. While there are other non-government organizations and philanthropies that exist, no one has the trust relationships with the ministries of health in different countries as WHO.As per Jha, at this moment around 30,000 elderly people are at high risk of influenza complications deaths annually from the flu. US' withdrawal from WHO means inaccessibility from the database and inability to make an effective vaccine. US would also lose access of a global database of health information which includes surveillance for new and existing infectious disease. Experts believe, this could make the country more vulnerable to microbial threats from around the world.Since WHO initiates health programs, including awareness and eradication of diseases in various countries. with US withdrawing from the global health body, this will be filled in by other powerful countries, which will make the connections to countries which had been valuable to the US for over the decades. In a way, it could also hurt the public health diplomacy. The world is also afraid that without the US membership, WHO would lose its close ties with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is regarded as one of the world's leading public-health agencies, this would recalled many CDC researchers assigned to the WHO. Will this impact the existing health agencies in the US? This is a concern experts have expressed in the past with the nomination of RFK Jr. to head the US health department, who had openly discouraged vaccines.Read More: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 8 Most Controversial Health Declarations As Potential US Health SecretaryWhat The WHO Says?The WHO said that it regretted the decision from its top donor country and also urged for a reconsideration. It wrote on X, formerly Twitter: "The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization…We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe."Read What Trump Said At His Inauguration.