COVID-19 funding to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness (CEPI)

The funding builds upon USAIDs existing partnership with CEPI and will support CEPIs three strategic objectives: 1) Preparing by advancing access to safe and effective vaccines; 2) Responding by accelerating the research, development, and use of vaccines during outbreaks for new infectious disease threats; and 3) Creating durable and equitable solutions for outbreak response capacity.

This work is an important part of efforts to protect people everywhere including by addressing the historic under-investment in vaccines against emerging infectious diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential that have predominantly afflicted communities in lower-income countries.