EU Launches €6 Billion Health Shield to Fight Future Pandemics and Disinformation Threats

The European Commission has unveiled a new Global Health Resilience Initiative worth more than €6 billion, aimed at strengthening preparedness for future pandemics, reinforcing health systems across partner countries, and reducing Europe’s reliance on external suppliers of medicines and vaccines. The plan is framed as a response to rising global instability, growing geopolitical competition, and an increase in health-related disinformation campaigns. Brussels says the initiative builds on more than €6 billion already mobilized under the Global Gateway program, with additional investments structured around five main pillars, ranging from early outbreak detection to medical production capacity and counter-disinformation efforts....