How do the Gates Foundation programs differ from United Nations and World Health Organization global health programs?
The Gates Foundation right now is the largest philanthropic organization supporting global health research. For example, UNAIDS carries out surveillance of programs and makes global recommendations in prevention and treatment, but it doesn’t fund major initiatives, like those involving research activities. So right now, for instance, the Gates Foundation is supporting vaccine research for HIV and childhood diseases. WHO and UNAIDS are awaiting the results of those vaccine trials, and if they show protection, WHO or UNAIDS would then make recommendations to countries to implement these types of interventions. And the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, provides funding for treatment and care — it doesn’t fund research. All of these groups actually work well together, because they target different areas. As a private group, does the Gates Foundation have more freedom in choosing the types of research it wants to fund? Yes, the Gates Foundation is trying to fill in the ga
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