Mr Trump announced that he would withdraw the US from the WHO in January last year, having already tried to get his country out of the global health body during his first term before the decision was reversed by Joe Biden. Since the announcement, the WHO has been scrambling to offset a major hit to its funding – the US was the largest country donor to the organisation, contributing about a fifth of its annual budget of £5.5 billion. It has announced plans to cut 2,371 jobs from its 9,000-strong global workforce by June 2026, halved the size of its senior leadership team, reduced the size of its Geneva headquarters and begun a major re-structuring process. While the US withdrawal has no doubt harmed the organisation, it has led to other countries, notably India and China, stepping in to partly fill the gap. Beijing, for example, has pledged $5 billion to the organisation over the next five years, meaning it is now the top country contributor. There are also signs that the organisation may be …