Wellcome, Gates and Novo Nordisk foundations will support research into the health impacts of climate change, infectious diseases and nutrition
The Gates, Wellcome and Novo Nordisk foundations announcing their new $300 million global health programme on May 6, 2024. Photo credits: Novo Nordisk Foundation
The three largest research foundations in the world have announced a new partnership to support research and development into major global health challenges that disproportionately affect the world’s poorest communities.
The Danish Novo Nordisk Foundation, UK charity Wellcome Trust, and the Gates Foundation will each commit $100 million to the three-year initiative, announced at Novo Nordisk Foundation’s global science summit in Denmark on Monday.
Initial projects will seek to address the health impacts of climate change, infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, and to understand the link between nutrition, immunity, disease, and development outcomes.
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