Trump To Cut Vaccine Funding To Developing Countries: Report
Washington DC, US: US President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to cut funding for vaccines to the developing countries. Reportedly, the Trump administration is to cut funding to Gavi, the global health organization that provides vaccines across the developing world. The decision was included in a 281-page spreadsheet that the severely downsized United States Agency for International Development (USAID) sent to Congress on Monday night, the report states.
According to New York Times, which attained the copy of the spreadsheet, it contains details on what the agency intends to continue and what to terminate. As Washington will significantly scale back its support for malaria programmes but will maintain some funding streams for treating HIV, tuberculosis, and providing food aid in countries facing conflict and natural disasters, the report says.
As per the report, only 869 of more than 6,000 USAID employees remain on active duty. The administration has decided to continue about 900 grants while ending over 5,340. The media estimated a $40 billion reduction in the annual budget of the agency, which has since been absorbed by its parent department, the State Department.
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Taking to X, Gavi wrote, “#USA support for @Gavi is vital. With US support, we can save over 8 million lives over the next 5 years and give millions of children a better chance at a healthy, prosperous future”.
#USA support for @Gavi is vital. With US support, we can save over 8 million lives over the next 5 years and give millions of children a better chance at a healthy, prosperous future. But investing in Gavi brings other benefits for our world and the American people. Here’s why: https://t.co/41Yb0bsl8o
— Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (@gavi) March 26, 2025
Gavi is a public-private partnership headquartered in Geneva.
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“The withdrawal of US financial support for Gavi would severely threaten the tremendous progress made in reducing deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases and would increase the risk of outbreaks here in the United States,” added William Moss, executive director of the international vaccines access center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as quoted by AP.
Reportedly, US support over the past 25 years has helped save 18 million lives and enabled 19 countries to transition away from Gavi’s support, with some becoming donors themselves. The United States provides around a quarter of the organization’s budget.
