Trump Admin Blames WHO for Ebola Fallout While Cutting Frontline Aid
Amid a Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, critics say U.S. policy cuts — including dismantling USAID and withdrawing from WHO — have weakened frontline health responses, while Washington publicly blames the WHO. Experts warn the delay and difficulty of outbreak control stem from fragile health systems and ongoing conflict, not WHO failures. Cases in Congo have fallen from over 1,000 suspected to 116 as testing backlogs are resolved, with at least 62 deaths in DRC and one in Uganda. The U.S. has floated treating Americans in Kenya rather than Congo, sparking further debate about global health strategy.