The US administration under President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that it would not provide government funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, while announcing the release of $600 million in congressionally appropriated funding for the global vaccine group.
“The United States also reaffirms that it will not provide U.S. Government funding to the World Health Organization through Gavi,” the State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a joint statement.
The statement said President Trump last year directed HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to negotiate reforms with Gavi as a condition for renewed US support, adding the talks produced commitments the administration described as advancing “vaccine safety” and aligning the alliance with “Gold Standard Science.”
