The Group of 20 nations has raised $1.4 billion for a global pandemic health fund to help avoid a repeat of the COVID-19 outbreak that killed over 6.6 million people and crippled the world economy.
The World Bank will manage the fund to help low— and middle-income countries prevent and address future pandemics, drawing commitments from more than 20 country donors, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, among others. More pledges are expected.
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