India, Jan. 23 -- The United States formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, a year after President Donald Trump ordered the exit.

The move ends all US participation in the UN health agency but leaves behind an unpaid debt of roughly $260 million, according to reports in Bloomberg and Reuters.

The US department of health and human services (HHS) said all funding to the WHO has been terminated, and US personnel have been recalled from its headquarters and offices worldwide, reported Bloomberg. The country has also ended participation in WHO-sponsored leadership bodies, technical committees, and working groups.

The move comes after Trump signed the executive order on his first day in office ...