The Global Polio Eradication Initiative plans to cut its budget for next year by 30% over what it originally planned in the wake of foreign aid cuts.
After these cuts, next year’s budget now stands at $786 million, down from $1.1 billion this year. More broadly, there’s a $1.7 billion funding gap for GPEI’s multiyear strategy from 2022 to 2029.
Though polio funding levels have so far remained steady in the United States, several traditional donors — including the United Kingdom and Germany — are expected to make cuts.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
