COVID-19

Collaborating against COVID-19: A timeline

Since January 2020, we have been working with our many partners to strengthen the global response to COVID-19. Here is a timeline of the foundation’s efforts against the virus, with examples of critical support and investments made along the way.

Scientists work on COVID-19 tests in the Diatropix Lab at Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal.

Collaborating against COVID

The pandemic upended the world and challenged us all. We share the story of how the Gates Foundation responded, and how investments in global health can pay off in crisis.

How the Gates Foundation responded to the global pandemic

Bill Gates, Anita Zaidi, Keith Klugman, and Lynda Stuart meet over a working dinner

Reflections on the global COVID-19 response

The Gates Foundation invites you to join our co-chairs and global health experts in a series of working dinners. Watch as they share in both a meal and reflections on COVID-19 learnings that might help us prevent the next pandemic.

Watch The Working Dinner video series

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There is no such thing as a national solution to a global crisis. All countries must work together to end the pandemic and begin rebuilding economies.

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates

Co-chairs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Vaccine Development & Surveillance

The Vaccine Development & Surveillance team invests in expertise and platform technologies that help us make vaccines faster, better, and cheaper.

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Discovery & Translational Sciences

The Discovery & Translational Sciences team invests in the development of new, better, more affordable, and more easily disseminated tools that can have transformational impact on global health and development.