Trump administration to end funding for vaccinating children in poor countries

The Trump administration plans to end U.S. funding for Gavi, a global program that purchases shots to help vaccinate children in developing countries against some of the world’s deadliest diseases. 

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate more than half of the world’s children. Since its launch in 2000, the program has helped more than 1.1 billion children.

Gavi supports vaccines against 20 infectious diseases, including COVID-19, HPV, Ebola, malaria and rabies.