Global health funders look to Gulf states as Europe pulls back


FILE PHOTO: A medical health worker prepares a dose of the mpox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris, France July 27, 2022. Alain Jocard/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

BERLIN: Arab Gulf states are increasingly being asked for health-care funding as concern grows over the ability of traditional European donors to continue meeting contribution needs.

At least five major funds, including some that help finance childhood immunisations and research for cures for diseases that kill millions of people each year, are seeking to replenish their coffers with about US$100bil by the end of next year.

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