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

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.

President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering a U.S. exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300 percent of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90 percent less to the WHO,” said President Trump.

Following in US President Donald Trump's footsteps, Argentine President Javier Milei's office said the country would pull out of the World Health Organization, citing differences over handling the Covid-19 pandemic.

Argentines aren’t going to allow international organizations to intervene in our sovereignty, and much less so in our health,” Chief spokesman Manuel Adorni told reporters at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires.

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.

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,