Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Expands Commitment to Global COVID-19 Response, Calls for International Collaboration to Protect People Everywhere from the Virus

Additional funding brings foundation commitment to more than $250 million to support development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines; help strengthen African and South Asian health systems; and help mitigate the social and economic impacts of the virus

COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator Awards $20 Million in Initial Grants to Fund Clinical Trials

Researchers at three institutions in the U.S. and U.K. receive grants to advance studies of repurposed drugs and novel antibodies in preventing COVID-19

Lisa Alvarez-Calderón Joins Gates Foundation as Chief Human Resources Officer

SEATTLE, March 30, 2020 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Lisa Alvarez-Calderón has been named chief human resources officer. She joins the foundation from Universidad de Chile in Santiago, where she has been serving as academic director of the University’s Center for Organizational Engineering. Alvarez-Calderón assumes her new position effective today and will be based in Seattle.

Life Sciences Companies Commit Expertise and Assets to the Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic Alongside Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Collaboration to address product development and scale-up challenges posed by the current pandemic

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Shares Details for Greater Seattle Area Coronavirus Response Grants

Grants include support for vulnerable communities and public information campaign

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard Launch Initiative to Speed Development and Access to Therapies for COVID-19

COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator will coordinate R&D efforts and remove barriers to drug development and scale-up to address the epidemic

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $5 Million to Help Public Health Agencies in Greater Seattle Area Respond to COVID-19

SEATTLE March 4, 2020 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it will commit an additional $5 million to help public health agencies in the greater Seattle region enhance their capacity to detect novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in King County, Snohomish County and other surrounding communities.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $10 Million to Support Global Response on East Africa Locust Invasion

SEATTLE February 24, 2020 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it is contributing $10 million to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to support its work with governments in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, to combat a locust infestation in East Africa that is posing a significant threat to food production and livelihoods in the region. The foundation is joining several other donors in responding to FAO’s urgent appeal to contain the crisis.