Seven Devastating Effect of Halting Funding By US President Donald Trump

Instead of blaming China for delayed alert regarding novel coronavirus. The US president is trying to coerce and pressurize the World Health Organization(WHO) by halting the funding.

 When solidarity and unmitigated support from every member-state are necessary to win the war against the virus, withdrawing funding will note in the interest of any country.

Halting of funding by the biggest contributor at critical, pivotal and crucial time will not only impact the function of the global body but also hurt humanity badly.

Seven devastating effect on the various project across the world -

1. Halting funding will mainly hit low middle-income countries who look for WHO for guidance and advice and even essentials such as masks and kits.

2. It will halt some of the programmes and initiatives which has been going on in various poor African and Asian countries like combating with contagious and congenital diseases which is the biggest challenge facing Africa in the 21st century. 

3. The WHO's campaign, battle and crusade against all forms of harassment, fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse might face some challenges if the problem of halting funding would not be sorted within a specified time.

4. The project of delivering climate-resilient water and sanitation in Africa and Asia
(Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal and Bangladesh) to improve climate-resilient health services delivery. The main objective of the project is to enhance climate-resilient water safety and sanitation management to effectively respond to climate change impacts will no more be possible, if funding halted.

5. The Global Framework for Climate Services(GFCS) adaptation programme in Africa is currently in its second phase, this multi-agency project aims to guide decision-makers and public health authorities in Malawi an Tanzania to provide well-targeted climate services to obtain accessible and accurate climate services information. By this project WHO strives to increase the resilience of most vulnerable impact weather and climates, such as droughts and flooding, as well as associated health risks, including malnutrition and vector- and water-borne diseases.

6. The "Building of Resilience and Health System in the Pacific Islands" LDCs to climate change, this project will support the four least developed countries(LDCs) Kiribati, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu- to enhance the capacity of local health institutions, personnel and local communities to manage health risks induces by climate variability and change. 

7. Project water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), this project support the development of effective plans for climate change adaptation in the health sector in low and low middle-income countries. Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal and Tanzania were selected as pilot countries.

8. Protecting health from climate change: a seven-country initiative in the eastern part of the WHO European Region.
Countries involved are Albania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Uzbekistan.

All countries in the WHO European Region are observing an increase in temperature, with projected further significant increases. The type and severity of climate change risks for human health vary widely across the Region. To mitigate the growing problem of severe increase in the temperature the completion of this project utmost important.
 
Failure due to oversight or other reasons, by WHO or member states, must be looked into but not in the midst of the pandemic.