COVID-19

Perspectives on the global response to the novel coronavirus
COVID-19 response in India
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.

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.

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.

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A nurse prepares a syringe of the injectable polio vaccine at the Philippe Maguilen Senghor Hospital in Dakar, Senegal.

Amid surging demand for syringes, a new investment supports long-term supply on the African continent

By Surabhi Rajaram Program Officer, Global Delivery Programs, Gates Foundation
A lab technician prepares vials of COVID-19 vaccines at the Institute of Technology in Immunobiology in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This organization is working to create a world without pandemics

By Bill Gates Chair, Board Member, Gates Foundation
Inside Cape Town International Airport in South Africa soon after the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID and the imposition of many bans on travel from southern Africa.

Southern Africa: Last in line for vaccines, first in line for travel bans

By Cheikh Oumar Seydi Director, Africa, Gates Foundation
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

Meet our experts

Valerie Nkamgang Bemo
Valerie Bemo
Deputy Director, Global Development
Valerie Nkamgang Bemo manages the foundation's investments that support communities affected by natural disasters and complex emergencies.
Scott Dowell
Scott Dowell
Deputy Director, Vaccine Development & Surveillance – Surveillance and Epidemiology
Scott Dowell, a pediatric infectious disease specialist by training, focuses on tracking the causes of global childhood mortality. and oversees the foundations work in epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response.
Violaine Mitchell
Violaine Mitchell
Director, Immunization
Violaine Mitchell leads the foundation’s work to ensure vaccines and immunization services are effectively prioritized and delivered.

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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.

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.

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