Trump is going against ‘decades of evidence’ with his bid to overhaul child vaccination, WHO chief warns
The World Health Organization’s chief has warned that Donald Trump’s proposed overhaul of child vaccination policy runs counter to decades of scientific evidence. The warning matters because changes to routine childhood immunisation could affect public confidence in vaccines and the prevention of serious infectious diseases.
The article reports that the WHO chief framed the issue as one of evidence-based public health, rather than politics. It does not provide further details in the supplied text about Trump’s specific proposals, timetable or the vaccines that could be affected.
- WHO chief warns Trump’s vaccine plans contradict long-standing evidence.
- Child immunisation policy could affect public health and confidence.
- Specific proposals were not included in the supplied text.