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The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are ...

New Delhi: India has made significant efforts to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure after the COVID-19 pandemic, said Priya Basu, Executive Head of the Pandemic Fund at the World Bank.

Under the umbrella of the World Bank, a global pandemic fund has been created for dedicated resources for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, incentivising countries to increase ...

The financial procedures agreement, signed in January with the World Bank Group, qualifies the AfDB to participate in a share of $500-million in Fund Secretariat financing for proposals for ...

The financial procedures agreement, signed in January with the World Bank Group (the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development acted as a trustee for the Pandemic Fund), qualifies the ...

The Pandemic Fund is a partnership among donor countries, co-investors, foundations and civil society organizations hosted by the World Bank. The World Health Organization acts as the technical lead.

The World Health Organization, which was at the heart of the pandemic response, has been galvanising efforts to determine where the next threat might come from and to ensure the planet is ready to ...

The World Bank's Pandemic Fund has issued $885 million in grants since 2022 to fund nearly 50 projects across 75 countries.

In the latest funding round, requests to the Pandemic Fund totaled $4.5 billion from 136 countries—exceeding our resources more than eight-fold.

In September, the Pandemic Fund’s board fast-tracked funding to 10 countries to boost their response to mpox. ·Fortune·Hakan Nural - Anadolu - Getty Images Chatib Basri, Sabin Nsanzimana ...