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Defunding Gavi: An Important Step Toward Decolonization?

Defunding Gavi: An Important Step Toward Decolonization?
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Commentary
The primary reason people in wealthy countries live longer than those in poorer countries is that they have better sanitation (e.g. clean water, hygiene), nutrition (especially fresh food), living conditions (e.g. housing), and access to basic healthcare—like antibiotics for childhood pneumonia. This should be uncontroversial—it was taught in medical schools a few decades ago when evidence formed the basis of medicine.
David Bell
David Bell
Author
David Bell, senior scholar at the Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), programme head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in Geneva, Switzerland, and director of Global Health Technologies at Intellectual Ventures Global Good Fund in Bellevue, Wash.
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