Namibia: One million children could die if US cuts funding, charity warns – News

A global health organisation has warned that one million children could die from preventable diseases if the US terminates its financial support.

Dr Sania Nishtar – head of Gavi, an alliance that buys critical vaccines for developing countries – told the BBC a cut in US funding would have a “disastrous impact on global health security”.

This follows a report in the New York Times that the Trump administration intends to terminate Gavi’s funding – the US is the alliance’s…