China has slammed United States President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw America from the World Health Organisation (WHO) terming it a catastrophic move.

Trump's executive order issued moments after his swearing-in as the 47th president of the US will affect Kenya which is among the beneficiaries of the global health provider.

In his statement on Monday, January 20, Trump accused the WHO of failing to act independently from the inappropriate political influence of the WHO member states which he claimed demanded exorbitant amounts of money from the US. "The World Health Organization ripped us off, everybody rips off the United States.

It is not going to happen anymore," Trump said during his inauguration.