The UK’s decision to withdraw funding from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative sends precisely the wrong signal to the world about the value we place on this crucial effort for the health of others and health security for all, writes Timothy Hallett
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The UK’s decision to withdraw funding from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative sends precisely the wrong signal to the world about the value we place on this crucial effort for the health of others and health security for all, writes Timothy Hallett
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LONDON: Eradicating polio is still possible despite significant funding cuts to the effort, global health officials said on…
The Global Fund pays for more than half of the world’s malaria treatment and prevention, with the UK being one of its main…
The UK faces a critical choice: follow the global trend of disengagement or stand firm in backing health security
The significant funding reductions mean certain activities will simply not happen: WHO's polio eradication director.
The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The…
