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Warren Buffett has announced a nearly $6 billion donation of 12 million Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares to four family-linked foundations and has said he will dispose of all remaining Berkshire shares within about eight years, setting a December 31, 2034 deadline. The Gates Foundation has been omitted from this year's recipients for the first time in two decades.
The latest UNICEF/WHO data show zero-dose children remain concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, with Nigeria and Yemen among the hardest hit. Cameroon's RTS,S malaria vaccine is reducing severe illness, but booster uptake is slipping, while global funding cuts threaten progress. The trend underscores uneven access to vaccines and the ongoing fight against preventable diseases.