The US government plans to end US financing for GAVI, an organization that helps buying vaccines for children in poor countries, reducing efforts to combat malaria, among other cuts, according to an American agency for international development.
The government will continue to finance some subsidies that pay for HIV and tuberculosis drugs and provide food aid to nations where civil wars and natural disasters occur, according to the document, reported for the first time by the New York Times.
Analyzed by Reuters on Wednesday (26), the text lists the international aid programs that will be dismantled and those that will be maintained.
Washington has drastically reduced foreign aid since Trump took office, with about 80% of the contracts cut abruptly to align with the “America first” policy of the new government.
The 281 pages document lists 898 programs that will remain active, totaling $ 78 billion in spending – much of which, according to the document, has already been disbursed.
The US government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gavi said that the support of the United States to its operations is “vital”.
“With US support, we can save more than 8 million lives over the next 5 years and give millions of children a better chance of having a healthy and prosperous future,” the organization said in an X statement.
This content was originally published in the US plan to cut children’s vaccines financing in poor countries on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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