and maternal mortality makes US foreign assistance effective.COVID-19 has revealed shortcomings in WHO's powers and funding, warranting substantial reforms. WHO has limited authority to ensure state compliance with the IHR, including constrained ability to independently verify official state reports. But after leaving WHO, the USA would be on the outside looking in, without global influence to promote crucial reforms. Stand-alone US programmes, moreover, could never substitute for a truly global agency. Absent treaty obligations, in a multipolar world, mean there are no guarantees that countries will cooperate with the USA.Health and security in the USA and globally require robust collaboration with WHO-a cornerstone of US funding and policy since 1948. The USA cannot cut ties with WHO without incurring major disruption and damage, making Americans far less safe. That is the last thing the global community needs as the world faces a historic health emergency.LOG is director of the WHO Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law. MAH is co-chair of the WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing and receives no compensation for this work apart from travel-related expenses. The other authors declare no competing interests.
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