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Research funding

We fund research around the world, across a broad range of disciplines, to understand life, health and wellbeing and to deliver equitable health solutions.

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- Funded grants
- Major initiatives
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We work with communities, governments and partners across the world to advocate for evidence-based health policies that support the communities most affected.

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We're bringing together expertise from across science, innovation and society to generate new knowledge and find equitable solutions to improve life, health and wellbeing.

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The cost of not preparing for infectious diseases

13 September 2021

Not preparing for infectious disease outbreaks costs far more than putting the systems in place to prevent them from spreading around the globe. The human and economic…

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How malaria defeats our drugs

25 March 2014

In the war against malaria, one small corner of the globe has repeatedly turned the tide, rendering our best weapons moot and medicine on the brink of defeat. Ed Yong reports.