Funding cuts for global health programs threaten childhood vaccination efforts, WHO says


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  • Tuesday, 18 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) -Countries, including the United States, cutting down funding for life-saving global health projects could jeopardize vaccination programs that protect children and adults from deadly diseases, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

The recent abrupt changes in donor budgets and capacity in global health has put a severe strain on immunization programs, particularly to measles prevention efforts, at all levels, the U.N. health agency said.

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