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Vaccine agency Gavi raised $9bn at a summit in Brussels on Wednesday, despite the US pulling support. Gavi has warned that losing US funding could lead to around 1.2 million additional deaths over the next five years (Photo: Pexels – Martin Lopez)

EU shows 'leadership' at vaccine summit, as US ends funding

The EU has provided “real leadership on global health security”, said top Gavi officials on Thursday (26 June), after the global vaccine agency raised $9bn [€7.7bn] for its work until 2030. 

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Vaccine agency Gavi raised $9bn at a summit in Brussels on Wednesday, despite the US pulling support. Gavi has warned that losing US funding could lead to around 1.2 million additional deaths over the next five years (Photo: Pexels – Martin Lopez)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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