As an ebola outbreak rages in central and East Africa, public health workers say that the response has been stymied by the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid and global health organizations.
America's diminishing global presence under Trump could ultimately harm Americans directly, Ebola edition:
-- The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) 8:30 PM · May 22, 2026
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The WHO has been criticized by SoS (et al) Rubio.
After a critique from Rubio, WHO defends work on Ebola response
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... Countries have the responsibility to detect outbreaks, agency officials noted
World Health Organization officials on Wednesday mounted a defense of their response to the new and worrisome Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the agency was "a little late" in identifying infections.
WHO authorities stressed that their role is to offer technical and operational help to national health agencies, which have primary responsibility for detecting the spread of diseases under international rules.
"We don't replace the country's work," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's director-general, said at a press briefing. "We only support them."
Tedros said Rubio's remarks "could be from lack of understanding of how IHR works, and the responsibilities of WHO and other entities," referring to the International Health Regulations, which set out countries' obligations during health emergencies. ...
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