GAVI, WHO Quit in Health Retreat

Posted 1/23/26

The United States has lost its donor-government seat on the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, after failing to make a financial pledge for the alliance’s 2026–2030 strategic period, Gavi confirmed. In a related development, Washington’s formal withdrawal from the World Health Organization, completed on January 22, 2026, ends nearly eight decades of U.S. leadership in global health.

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