# Indonesia’s candidate for WHO chief calls for the US to rejoin the agency

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- Reuters, 2026-10-06 04:10 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/indonesias-candidate-who-chief-calls-us-rejoin-agency-2026-10-06/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac4749c92573c0001e8249e

> Indonesia’s candidate to lead the World Health Organization, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, told Reuters that the United States should rejoin the agency after leaving at the start of this year.