The World Health Organization has been on a campaign to woo donors to contribute to its first-ever investment round. So far the agency has received over $1.1 billion in confirmed pledges but expects more this week during the G20 summit in Brazil.
WHO officials expect it will secure at least half of its $7.1 billion fundraising target — for its work in the next four years — by this week.
Part of the money will come from the public pledges made by donors through WHO’s investment round events. But there will also be funding from WHO agreements with other donors and partnerships, including grant funding from the Gates Foundation.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
