CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, was founded August 31 2016 in London, at the headquarters of the Wellcome Trust, a medical charity. It is the joint brainchild of the Wellcome Trust , the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Economic Forum, and the government of Norway, and its purpose is precisely to forearm the world against future outbreaks of disease.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was officially launched at World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos after it received $460-million to develop vaccines against 3 emerging highly-contagious and fatal diseases. These three diseases are Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-coronavirus, Lassa fever, and Nipah virus. CEPI will use this fund to contain outbreaks these 3 diseases before they become global health emergencies.
CEPI headquarters at the Norwegian Institute for Public Health, in Oslo. India becomes the member of CEPI.
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