Covid-19: supporting global research and development
We want to help the world overcome Covid-19. We’re calling for urgent international action to get lifesaving tests, treatments and vaccines from the laboratory to the front line, so they reach those most in need around the world.
We want to help the world overcome Covid-19. We’re calling for urgent international action to get lifesaving tests, treatments and vaccines from the laboratory to the front line, so they reach those most in need around the world.
We explain how Covid-19 vaccines work, and how we're supporting vaccine research, development and distribution around the world.
Find out about the latest progress on Covid-19 treatments, and how we're supporting work to develop and bring them to people, as soon as possible.
We're working with the ACT-Accelerator and other international partners to make sure that any Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments benefit the whole world.
COVAX-supported Covid-19 vaccines arriving in Nicaragua in March 2021.
We're funding a range of Covid-19 research, from the development of treatments and vaccines, to support for low- and-middle income countries.
Data sharing during Covid-19
Together with a range of partners, we’re calling on funding bodies, journals and research organisations to share research findings and data relevant to the Covid-19 outbreak. Read the joint statement.
We’ve commissioned Research Consulting to conduct a study to investigate the impact of requirements for the rapid and open sharing of research findings and data in public health emergencies. You can find out more about the study on the Research Consulting website.
Governments and international organisations must continue to invest in the research and development of tests, treatments and vaccines. And they must support fair access to these lifesaving tools – so they are available to those most in need everywhere.
To achieve this, $16.8 billion is needed in 2021. Investing now, at scale and as a collective global effort, is the only way to save lives, reduce the spread of Covid-19 and bring societies and economies back on track.
Governments and private and philanthropic funders can support research into and equitable access to Covid-19 tests, treatments and vaccines.
We’d love to hear from you on how we can work together to change the course of the pandemic.
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