Nigeria, March 27 -- The United States is planning to suspend funding for GAVI, an organisation that produces and supplies vaccines to developing countries, including Nigeria.

A document prepared by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) also revealed that the Donald Trump administration is planning to scale back its malaria interventions.

According to Reuters, the report, outlining a list of international aid programmes set to be dismantled and those that will be retained, was shared with US lawmakers on Wednesday.

The document states that a total of 5,341awards will be cancelled, amounting to nearly $76 billion. Of this, the government has already committed to spending about $48 billion.

This funding will support HIV an...