Global health heavyweights team up for climate, disease funding

Philanthropic streak: Bill and Melinda Gates are seen in Toronto in this file picture. Their foundation has joined hands with the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Wellcome to find affordable solutions for people in low and middle-income countries. — AP

LONDON: Three of the biggest global health funders have joined forces for the first time in a US$300mil partnership aimed at tackling the linked impacts of climate change, malnutrition, and infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation, Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the research partnership, focused particularly on finding affordable solutions for people in low and middle-income countries, in Denmark.