US President Donald Trump’s government has decided to discontinue Washington’s funding in vaccination programs in developing countries, the New York Times revealed on Wednesday. This decision is considered another step back to US international cooperation in the health sector. According to a 281 -page document presented in the American Congress and consulted by the newspaper, the Trump government is planning a series of new measures to save resources, including ending any funding in the world’s worldwide alliance (GAVI). This international partnership of public and private actors plays a critical role in accessing vaccines in developing countries. Its 25 years of existence has contributed to the vaccination of more than one billion children in some of the poorest countries of the world against deadly diseases, such as measles, yellow fever, cholera. The US government has contributed 13% of its budget here, the Times said. The ending of the American contribution ‘would threaten seriously […]
Source: News Beast
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