US to stop financial support of global vaccine alliance Gavi, health secretary says

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US to stop financial support of global vaccine alliance Gavi, health secretary says

By Mariam E Sunny and Jennifer Rigby
June 25, 20251:40 PM EDTUpdated 23 hours ago

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-stop-financial-support-global-vaccine-alliance-gavi-says-health-secretary-2025-06-25/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=685bfd6abd022a00015b8244&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

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June 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. will no longer contribute funding to Gavi, a global alliance that helps buy vaccines for the world's poorest children, because it ignores safety, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday, without providing evidence.

In a video statement seen by Reuters and shown at a Gavi fundraising event in Brussels, Kennedy - a long-time vaccine skeptic - also accused Gavi of making questionable recommendations around COVID-19 vaccines, and raised concerns about the DTPw (diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis) vaccine.

Gavi said in a statement that safety was key, and that it acts in line with World Health Organization recommendations. It has full confidence in the DTPw vaccine, which has contributed to halving child mortality in the countries it supports since 2000, the statement continued.

"I call on Gavi today to re-earn the public trust, and to justify the $8 billion that America has provided in funding since 2001," Kennedy said in the video, saying Gavi should consider all available science.