The United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization on Wednesday, ending 78 years of membership in the global health body. Within hours, Governor Gavin Newsom announced California would become the first and currently only state to join the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network.
The timing was no coincidence. These dueling announcements crystallize a fundamental disagreement about how America should engage with the world on public health.
Two Visions of Public Health Leadership
