Gates Foundation Joins New $460 Million Coalition for Vaccines
- Seeks to be able to contain global outbreaks like Ebola, Zika
- ‘We had a scientific challenge’ Bill Gates said in interview
Bill Gates on Creating and Testing Vaccines
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A global group tasked with more quickly developing vaccines against infectious disease threats worldwide was launched Wednesday by a coalition of governments and nonprofit groups including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, funded with an initial investment of $460 million from Germany, Japan, Norway, the Wellcome Trust and the Gates foundation, aims to develop vaccines against known infectious disease threats that could be deployed quickly to contain outbreaks before they become global health emergencies, the group said in a statement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.