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#global health

Incidents affecting international public health systems, including withdrawal from health treaties, defunding global health programs, and actions that undermine pandemic preparedness and disease response worldwide.

2 incidents

Grade 4 of 5: Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Systematic Dismantlement of USAID and Global Humanitarian Consequences

Systematic destruction of the US Agency for International Development resulted in termination of lifesaving programs across the developing world. A Lancet study projected more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030 if USAID funding cuts continue. Ending foreign aid is not an international crime, but the harm is grave and the dismantlement raised serious domestic rule-of-law questions.

Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power

US Withdrawal from the World Health Organization With 2024–25 Dues Unpaid

The US left the WHO on January 22, 2026 without paying what it owed for 2024 and 2025, about $260–270 million according to the WHO and the UN. The 1948 joint resolution that authorized US membership makes the right to withdraw conditional on meeting US financial obligations for the WHO's current fiscal year. HHS says the US is under no obligation to pay.