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Maria Bartiromo

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523 total appearances

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

That area of work is constricting even further. I think we don't mind criticism. Like, we are not sitting here saying, oh, you know, please don't talk bad about us. We want to do better, but we do need, as a member state organization, our member states give us the power they want us to have.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

That area of work is constricting even further. I think we don't mind criticism. Like, we are not sitting here saying, oh, you know, please don't talk bad about us. We want to do better, but we do need, as a member state organization, our member states give us the power they want us to have.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

That area of work is constricting even further. I think we don't mind criticism. Like, we are not sitting here saying, oh, you know, please don't talk bad about us. We want to do better, but we do need, as a member state organization, our member states give us the power they want us to have.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

So they sit every year at the executive board in January or January and the World Health Assembly every May here in Geneva. And they come together to outline what they want us to do in support of all member states. We have a global program of work. All of that is online. You can see what it is that our member states are asking us to do. But we have the power that they want us to have.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

So they sit every year at the executive board in January or January and the World Health Assembly every May here in Geneva. And they come together to outline what they want us to do in support of all member states. We have a global program of work. All of that is online. You can see what it is that our member states are asking us to do. But we have the power that they want us to have.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

So they sit every year at the executive board in January or January and the World Health Assembly every May here in Geneva. And they come together to outline what they want us to do in support of all member states. We have a global program of work. All of that is online. You can see what it is that our member states are asking us to do. But we have the power that they want us to have.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

And I think that's the crux of like how, and you can hear, I mean, there's been recordings of us leaked, you know, which is a terrible thing to happen. But, you know, it's happened to me several times. And the threats on myself and my colleagues and my children, you know, we're here to do a job. We want to do that to the best of our ability. And just like you.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

And I think that's the crux of like how, and you can hear, I mean, there's been recordings of us leaked, you know, which is a terrible thing to happen. But, you know, it's happened to me several times. And the threats on myself and my colleagues and my children, you know, we're here to do a job. We want to do that to the best of our ability. And just like you.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

And I think that's the crux of like how, and you can hear, I mean, there's been recordings of us leaked, you know, which is a terrible thing to happen. But, you know, it's happened to me several times. And the threats on myself and my colleagues and my children, you know, we're here to do a job. We want to do that to the best of our ability. And just like you.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

Just like you who want to see us do better, we want to do better as well. But we are restricted on what we can do, and that's limited by what our member states want us to be able to do and give us the power to do.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

Just like you who want to see us do better, we want to do better as well. But we are restricted on what we can do, and that's limited by what our member states want us to be able to do and give us the power to do.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

Just like you who want to see us do better, we want to do better as well. But we are restricted on what we can do, and that's limited by what our member states want us to be able to do and give us the power to do.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

So to us, we convene the world's expertise and bring people together to tackle some of the biggest challenges that we know. and anticipate the challenges of the future, like climate change, like war, like humanitarian crises. The world is incredibly complex, and health is just one element. What we do is we bring people together to make sure that that information is shared.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

So to us, we convene the world's expertise and bring people together to tackle some of the biggest challenges that we know. and anticipate the challenges of the future, like climate change, like war, like humanitarian crises. The world is incredibly complex, and health is just one element. What we do is we bring people together to make sure that that information is shared.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

So to us, we convene the world's expertise and bring people together to tackle some of the biggest challenges that we know. and anticipate the challenges of the future, like climate change, like war, like humanitarian crises. The world is incredibly complex, and health is just one element. What we do is we bring people together to make sure that that information is shared.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

There's a democratizing of that information. There's a transparency of that information to be able to prevent bad things from happening. And here we're talking about outbreaks and epidemics. And when they do happen, when we can't prevent them, because we can't prevent everything, that we mitigate their impact.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

There's a democratizing of that information. There's a transparency of that information to be able to prevent bad things from happening. And here we're talking about outbreaks and epidemics. And when they do happen, when we can't prevent them, because we can't prevent everything, that we mitigate their impact.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

There's a democratizing of that information. There's a transparency of that information to be able to prevent bad things from happening. And here we're talking about outbreaks and epidemics. And when they do happen, when we can't prevent them, because we can't prevent everything, that we mitigate their impact.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

And that impacts the lives, the livelihoods, the mental health, the well-being of children, of families, of communities globally, because the pathogens that we deal with don't respect borders. And so when anyone is at risk, everyone is at risk. And so WHO managing this type of work and working together with people around the world keeps people safer.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 4: Why Trump’s WHO Exit Puts Us All at Risk (Dr. Van Kerkhove)

And that impacts the lives, the livelihoods, the mental health, the well-being of children, of families, of communities globally, because the pathogens that we deal with don't respect borders. And so when anyone is at risk, everyone is at risk. And so WHO managing this type of work and working together with people around the world keeps people safer.