The US has announced plans to withdraw from the WHO - what are the implications? Photo: Gilles Reboux
Towards the end of January this year the US President signed a notice to withdraw from the World Health Organisation.
The White House said the decision was due to the WHO's poor handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms and inability to demonstrate political independence.
In the same order, the president paused the transfer of US funds, and resources to WHO. It will be a year before the order takes effect.
The WHO has responded by saying it hopes the US will reconsider and outlining what it says is a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world's people - including Americans.
But what are the implications for global health and the WHO's ability to track any possibly future pandemic?
Kathryn speaks to Alexandra Finch, an adjunct professor at the O'Neil Institute for National and Global Health Law, which is part of Washington's Georgetown University, who says the decision has already spurred drastic cost-cutting measures at the WHO.
