He Argentine President Javier Milei He celebrated the country’s departure from the World Health Organization (WHO) and pointed directly against the agency he accused of having committed “Crimes against humanity“
Milei’s decision is aligned with the one taken by the US government of Donald Trump who, after his return to the White House, also retired to his WHO country. In addition, it is expected that, in the short term, The National Government withdraws the country from other international organizations.
Javier Milei celebrated the withdrawal of Argentina from WHO and pointed directly against the agency
Through his social networks, the president launched harsh accusations against the International Health Agency. “We will never forget that They were the ideologues of the cavernícola quarantine That he implied, according to the 1998 Rome Statute (Article 7.K) commit, in complicity with all the states that took their directives, one of the crimes against humanity more bizarre in history, “he wrote in his account of X.
In addition, the libertarian leader published a second tweet that collects different speeches and interviews where he is shown directly attacking the WHO. “We have seen how an organization of the rights of man, has been one of the main propellants of the systematic violation of freedom. Such as with overall quarantines for 2020 which should be considered a crime against humanity“, is heard in one of the video fragments.
The criticisms and attacks of the president referred, mainly, to the recommendation to make a quarantine that WHO performed during the course of the Covid-19 Pandemia. “It cannot be that 87 people believe they have the power of handle 8 billion human beings life. It is exacerbated socialist madness, “he accuses in others of the fragments.
The presidential spokesman, Manuel Adorni, was responsible for communicating the news at his press conference on the day. In line with what was declared by the President, the Minister of Health of the Nation, Mario Lugoneshe used his social networks to detail the scope of the measure: “Argentina does not receive WHO financing And although some technical cooperation projects may receive financing, they are made through OPS. It is important to highlight that leaving WHO does not mean leaving OPS that is pre -existing and depends on the OAS. We are facing a time change, and we must live up to these changes“
From the opposition, there were several figures that were against the decision. The Minister of Health of the City of Buenos Aires, Fernán Quirós, questioned Argentina’s departure from WHO and explained that “it is very important to have a coordination institutionespecially in Pandemic periods that we are living. ”
“It is not a matter of being in WHO or another organization, but coordination is necessary. We have not yet heard what the health coordination proposal is That we are going to have forward, ”he reflected.
What implies WHO’s departure after government decision
According to Health sovereigntyaccess to the rotary and strategic background “that makes millions in the purchase of health technologies and supplies” would be ceased to have access. ” Support would disappear programs Transmissible and noncommunicable diseases, mental health, maternal and childhood, vaccines, among others.
The measure also affects the status won of collaborating centers in laboratories such as the National Central Institute Single Coordinator of Ablation and Implant (Incucai), Malbrán and Anlis Institute. This opens the possibility to bring “consequence of being out of international networks that improve our practices“, argues the Foundation, and affirms that Argentina has a series of collaborating centers that work in a network with those of other countries,” strengthening their own capabilities and keeping the country in high standards of international quality and recognition. “
In the case of a new pandemic – how the one occurred in 2020 -, cooperation would be annulled in direct technical support; purchase of supplies and equipment; Personnel hiring, Among other possible profits. Can also affect the approach to rare or unattended diseases being that not only technical collaboration is received but on many occasions too Donation of orphan medications.
In the case of natural disasters or caused by man, WHO’s exit can generate the absence of “support of specialized emergency units of the PAHS, and must be organizedwithout the support of emergency technical teams and/or rapid response and logistics of health supplies. “Finally, the agency also alerts the possibility that the provinces see their weakened their Technical capacity.
Source: Ambito
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