A health care worker who volunteered in the Ebola response decontaminates his colleague after he entered the house of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola, in the eastern Congolese town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 2019.
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There is a global backlash against US President Donald Trump's decision to halt American funding for the World Health Organization. The move would slash about 10% of the organization's operating budget during the coronavirus pandemic.
Germany and China are denouncing the president's plan, as are all the 55 member states of the African Union.
WHO support is critical in many parts of Africa — including countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is not only dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, but with Ebola.
Dr. Michel Yao is WHO's program manager for emergency response for Africa. He spoke to The World's host Marco Werman about what it's like to deal with a pandemic and an epidemic at a time when WHO is overstretched.
Dr. Michel Yao: I think we acknowledge the support received from the US so far in many different public health interventions. And based on this support, we had many achievements. The comment that I can make is that it's quite unfortunate that it's happened at this moment where we need most of the members around us. We are appealing really for more solidarity and being together for this unprecedented crisis.
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