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Gates Foundation Commits $100 Million as First Major COVID-19 Response Funding
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced it would commit up to $100 million for the global COVID-19 response, including $10 million already deployed in January 2020. Funds were allocated across detection, isolation and treatment ($20 million); strengthening emergency health operations in Africa and South Asia ($20 million); and accelerating vaccine, therapeutic, and diagnostic development ($60 million). This was among the earliest large philanthropic commitments to COVID-19 response anywhere in the world.
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