Dr. Toni Hoover, director of Strategy, Planning, and Management for Global Health at the Gates Foundation, shares what the CoVig Alliance means for the wider fight against COVID-19—and the foundation’s…
Jean Kagubare, deputy director for Health Systems Design, shares the importance of investing in primary health care (PHC) as part of the global response to COVID-19. By strengthening basic health…
SEATTLE, April 15, 2020 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced an expansion of its funding for the global response to COVID-19. The increase includes an additional $150…
CEO Mark Suzman reflects on the foundation’s unique position to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and shares an update on the foundation’s more than $250 million commitment to funding response…
Trevor Mundel, who leads the foundation’s efforts to develop high-impact interventions against the leading causes of death and disability in developing countries, discusses the first trials funded through the Therapeutics…
SEATTLE, March 25, 2020 – Today, a consortium of life sciences companies announced an important collaboration to accelerate the development, manufacture, and delivery of vaccines, diagnostics, and treatments for COVID-19.…
SEATTLE, March 24, 2020 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced grants totaling $3.7 million to support efforts in the Seattle-King County region to respond to the coronavirus…
Monalisa Chatterji, a senior program officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Discovery & Translational Sciences team, works on the discovery of novel candidate therapeutics.
Interview with Trevor Mundel on COVID-19. Mundel leads the foundation’s efforts to develop high-impact interventions against the leading causes of death and disability in developing countries.
SEATTLE, March 10, 2020 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard today committed up to $125 million in seed funding to speed-up the response to the COVID-19…