A spokesman says President Javier Milei has ordered Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to “profound differences” with the U.N. agency.

Argentina has announced it will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), mirroring a similar move by US President Donald Trump last month.

Argentinian President Milei has taken steps follow in President Trump's footsteps and withdraw his country from the World Health Organization in apparent protest of how it handled the COVID pandemic.

As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the nation’s exit from the World Health Organization. Here, we explain how the withdrawal would work and what it would mean,

President Javier Milei’s office announced that Argentina will exit the WHO and ban gender-affirming care for minors, mirroring two recent Trump executive orders.

If Argentina pulls out of the global health agency then it will further damage global health. The Latin American country is slated to add $8 million to the WHO budget.

Argentina’s president has ordered the country to pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), following the lead of like-minded allies in the US. On February 5, President Javier Milei – a self-described anarcho-capitalist nicknamed "El Loco" (the Madman) – took to social media to announce the withdrawal,