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[NAIROBI, SciDev.Net] More than 14 million children missed out on lifesaving vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year, putting global goals off track, new UN data shows.
Funding for underperforming aid organisations and support for some countries will be cut after the UK’s aid budget was slashed, the Foreign Office has said.
Gavi, the vaccine provider for the world’s poorest people, needs an extra US$3 billion to protect infants and other ...
Ghana increases its vaccine budget by 46%, fully pays $24.5 million to Gavi. The government expects to distribute hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses nationwide by August. Ghana aims to become a ...
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RFK Jr has decided the US will no longer fund Gavi, a public-private alliance which vaccinates children globally.
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US pullout from GAVI may be a death sentence for millions
IN a highly anticipated speech last week, United States President Donald Trump’s spectacularly unqualified Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered the news that the global ...
The Trump administration is ending U.S. support for immunizations abroad because of its opposition not only to foreign aid, ...
The US withdrawal further hampers Gavi’s efforts to raise $9bn for initiatives including vaccinating half a billion more children during its five-year funding cycle starting next year.
The head of Gavi said Thursday the organisation which vaccinates children in the world's poorest countries was "disappointed" after Washington announced it was pulling out funding.