U.S. Restores $600 Million to Gavi as Nearly $2 Billion in Global Aid Resumes

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 2

$600 million in U.S. vaccine funding is being sent to Gavi after the State Department notified Congress last week, reversing a withdrawal of support made a year earlier.
Nearly $2 billion has now been committed to international organizations including Unicef and the World Food Programme, signaling a limited reopening of global health and humanitarian partnerships.
Most of the money had already been appropriated by Congress but was frozen after the Trump administration imposed a broad foreign-aid halt in January 2025.
Officials and people involved in State Department talks said the resumed payments suggest some policy recalibration, though it remains unclear whether the shift will last or approach past U.S. aid levels.