The Gates Foundation is directing more funding for both immediate relief and longer-term research of the virus and development of treatments, urging greater public-private collaboration.
to aid front-line detection, containment, and treatment, according to the announcement.
Another $20 million will help enhance protections for at-risk populations in Africa and South Asia, regions that the foundation says tend to get most hard hit by epidemics. Funds will help public health authorities strengthen emergency centers, implement effective disease surveillance efforts and improve treatment capacity.
The remaining $60 million will go towards the longer-term development of vaccines, treatments and diagnostics for sustainable control and prevention to keep the virus from spreading. Global partners such as the and various other public and private sector research labs will receive additional support.
“Multilateral organizations, national governments, the private sector and philanthropies must work together to slow the pace of the outbreak, help countries protect their most vulnerable citizens and accelerate the development of the tools to bring this epidemic under control,” Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman said in a
“Our hope is that these resources will help catalyze a rapid and effective international response. This response should be guided by science, not fear, and it should build on the steps that the World Health Organization has taken to date.”
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