Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday that he plans to cut a wealth of U.S. funding to Gavi, an international vaccine alliance that seeks to immunize the world’s poorest communities.
During a video message at the Gavi fundraising event in Brussels, Kennedy announced plans to cut financial ties to the organization until it had “re-earned the public trust,” according to Politico. The U.S. will continue a few key grant programs for medications to treat HIV and tuberculosis, and deliver food aid to countries in turmoil.
“When the science was inconvenient, Gavi ignored the science,” he said. “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.
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