US contributions to WHO in 2019 exceeded US$400 mil, China, in contrast, contributed US$44 mil. FMTNews
GENEVA: World Health Organization officials on Wednesday denied that the body was “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding, after US President Donald Trump said he would put contributions on hold.
US contributions to WHO in 2019 exceeded US$400 million, almost double the second-largest member state contribution. China, in contrast, contributed US$44 million. Dr Bruce Aylward, senior advisor to the WHO Director-General, also defended the UN agency’s relationship with China, saying its work with Beijing authorities was important to understand the outbreak which began in Wuhan.
“This is what we did with every other hard-hit country like Spain and had nothing to do with China specifically.”
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