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According to reports, the Trump administration will cut funding for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a global health partnership that provides vaccines to developing countries.
NPR reports that a 281-page document detailing foreign aid cuts, compiled by the United States State Department, shows the U.S. government canceled a billion-dollar grant to the organization.
After Bill Gates personally lobbied Trump administration officials to keep funding GAVI, the administration plans to end U.S. funding pic.twitter.com/Ro4JxQNLgX
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“After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID. The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
“In consultation with Congress, we intend for the remaining 18% of programs we are keeping (approximately 1000) to now be administered more effectively under the State Department. Thank you to DOGE and our hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform,” he added.
After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.
The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.
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— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 10, 2025
NPR reports:
The U.S. is the third biggest donor among countries and philanthropic groups that support the organization, behind the United Kingdom and the Gates Foundation.
This cut won’t put Gavi out of business. But the news comes as Gavi has already been facing a tough road in fund-raising to meet its goals — there’s more competition in the global arena from a variety of groups and continuing [demands including humanitarian, health care and defense from Ukraine and the Middle East, among other issues.
So the loss of the U.S. funds is a blow.
“A cut in Gavi’s funding from the U.S. would have a disastrous impact on global health security, potentially resulting in the deaths of over a million children over five years and endangering lives everywhere from dangerous disease outbreaks,” Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, told NPR.
“The U.S. is planning to terminate more than $1 billion in funding for Gavi [founded by Gates Foundation] … according to information in a document the USAID sent to Congress this week.” https://t.co/oT03aizOFO
— Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (@AAPSonline) March 27, 2025
NEW 🚨 President Donald Trump’s administration is set to cut funding to Gavi, the global health organization that provides vaccineshttps://t.co/MzhRmyJvc5
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From the Associated Press:
The head of leading vaccines group Gavi alliance said Thursday it has not received confirmation from the U.S. government that it might be losing more than $1 billion in pledged funding as part of a reported proposal by U.S. authorities to cut support for international aid groups.
According to a leaked 281-page spreadsheet issued by the United States Agency for International Aid this week, the U.S. plans to terminate 5,341 awards to dozens of groups it had previously supported, including the Gavi alliance, a global vaccines group that helps immunize more than half the world’s children against infectious diseases. The spreadsheet was first reported by The New York Times.
“We have not received a termination notice from the U.S. government,” said Dr. Sania Nishtar, Gavi’s Chief Executive. In a statement on Thursday, Nishtar said Gavi was “engaging with the White House and Congress,” hoping to secure the $300 million approved by Congress for their activities this year, as well as longer-term funding.
Nishtar said that a cut to Gavi’s funding would be “disastrous,” potentially resulting in more than 1 million deaths from preventable diseases.
The U.S. had pledged to provide more than $1.5 billion through 2030 to Gavi, founded in 2000 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Bank.
The Geneva-based group says it has helped vaccinate more than 1 billion children in 78 poorer countries against diseases including measles, Ebola and malaria, averting nearly 19 million deaths.
Dr. David Elliman, a children’s health expert at University College London, called the reported U.S. withdrawal of funding from Gavi “cruel” and “utterly misguided.”