Vaccination

US Halts Global Vaccine Alliance Funding

JUN 25 2025·Updated JUN 26 2025

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Above: U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Congressional committee on June 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Image credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

The Facts

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that the U.S. will no longer contribute to the global vaccine alliance called Gavi, until the organization "re-earn[s] the public trust" by addressing alleged vaccine safety concerns.
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RFK Jr. delivered his remarks via video to Gavi's pledging summit in Brussels, where the organization aimed to raise $9 billion for 2026-2030 to fund 500 million childhood vaccinations and save what it estimates would be at least 8 million lives.
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The decision affects approximately $300 million in annual U.S. funding to Gavi, making America the largest donor to the organization that has helped save an estimated 17 million children's lives over 20 years.
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Gavi responded that all vaccine decisions align with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations through "a rigorous, transparent, and independent process" by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE).
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This comes after Kennedy fired all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, replacing them with seven new appointees, several of whom have expressed concern about vaccines or served as expert witnesses against vaccines.
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The new CDC committee announced plans to review the childhood vaccination schedule, hepatitis B birth doses, and combination measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccines, prompting the American Academy of Pediatrics to withdraw participation.
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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

RFK Jr.'s war on vaccines, from purging independent advisory boards to appointing anti-vaxxers like Robert Malone, has spread from threatening American lives to now exporting his dangerous conspiracy theories globally. Based on no evidence at all, the HHS secretary has eroded trust in life-saving vaccines and is risking millions of lives worldwide.

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Establishment-critical narrative

RFK Jr.'s advisory board purges and new appointments, who are uncompromised scientists like Malone and Kulldorff, prioritize objective research over special interests. Free from Big Pharma's influence, they restore trust in vaccine policy. Defunding groups like Gavi breaks global health's corporate stranglehold, ensuring science, not profit, guides public health.

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