Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals : Shared by Kul Gautam

 RFK isolates the US completely from the global consensus reached by the world's top health experts.

Once a leader in global health, the US under DJT and RFK has now become a pariah. 

How sad!

Kul

Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals
Andrew Jacobs
The New York Times
Published Sept. 25, 2025; Updated Sept. 26, 2025

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Summary
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the United States will reject a U.N. declaration on chronic diseases, arguing it overlooks key issues and aligns with policies that he claims promote abortion and “radical gender ideology.”

The declaration, however, contains no such references and is expected to pass with wide international support. Public health experts criticized Kennedy’s remarks as contradictory, since his agenda emphasizes many of the same chronic disease concerns raised in the declaration. Critics warn the decision will further isolate the U.S. on global health, echoing earlier withdrawals from the W.H.O. under President Trump.

Quotes

• “Chronic disease has more than doubled in a single generation. Millions of children now lose healthy years before they reach adulthood. This crisis does not stop at America’s borders.” — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

• “The health secretary’s comments were disturbing, misleading and full of contradictions.” — Paula Johns, ACT Health Promotion (Brazil)

• “The U.S. seems to be trying to sabotage the process, but we don’t see how they can succeed at this point. It is really shortsighted and reckless in the face of an urgent global crisis.” — Alison Cox, NCD Alliance

• “Health does not start in clinics and hospitals. It starts in homes, schools, streets and workplaces, in the food people eat, the products they consume, the water they drink, the air they breathe and the conditions in which they live and work.” — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, W.H.O. Director General