According to the WHO, its programme funds come mainly from two sources - assessed contributions made by member states relative to their wealth and population, and also voluntary contributions. - AFP
BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): By halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States is only trying to divert attention from its failure to handle its domestic coronavirus epidemic, China's top epidemiologist said on Wednesday (April 15), adding that the US decision is "unethical", Global Times reported.
In a speech at the White House, US President Donald Trump accused the WHO of "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus".
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