Viewpoint: ‘Gavi has ignored the science’: RFK, Jr. pulls funding from international vaccine agency 

The U.S. health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has moved to undermine public immunization programs in the United States, took his efforts global on Wednesday…

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In confrontational remarks sent by video to global leaders who had gathered to support the organization, Gavi, Mr. Kennedy said the United States would withdraw its financial support for the group’s work purchasing vaccines for children in poor countries.

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In the video…Mr. Kennedy accused them of being selective in their use of science to support vaccine choices, and said that the United States would not deliver on a $1.2 billion pledge made by the Biden administration until the organization changed its processes.

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A parade of health and political leaders mounted the stage in Brussels to announce their support for the organization and, in some cases, to implicitly rebuke Mr. Kennedy’s remarks…

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The United States was the largest donor to Gavi, whose work is estimated to have saved the lives of 17 million children around the world over the past two decades.

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