Bill & Melin­da Gates Foun­da­tion dou­bles down on health part­ner­ship with South Ko­rea — re­port

As drug­mak­ers race to bring Omi­cron-spe­cif­ic vac­cines to mar­ket, the Bill & Melin­da Gates Foun­da­tion is al­ready fo­cused on the next pan­dem­ic. And on Tues­day, the Mi­crosoft founder re­port­ed­ly agreed to dou­ble down on the foun­da­tion’s part­ner­ship with South Ko­rea.

The Bill & Melin­da Gates Foun­da­tion and South Ko­rea have pledged to col­lab­o­rate on projects such as a glob­al health re­search fund, and work with oth­er health or­ga­ni­za­tions like CEPI to ad­dress dis­par­i­ties and ad­vance pro­grams in in­fec­tious dis­eases, Reuters and the As­so­ci­at­ed Press re­port­ed.

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