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Relevant to AI safety as a case study in proactive institutional design for catastrophic risk mitigation—CEPI's model of pre-emptive coordination before crises emerge parallels debates about AI governance architecture.
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CEPI launched at Davos in January 2017 as a global partnership to develop vaccines for emerging infectious diseases before outbreaks occur, with $460 million in initial funding. The organization targets MERS-CoV, Lassa, and Nipah viruses initially, aiming to develop two vaccine candidates per disease proactively. CEPI represents an institutional model for proactive risk mitigation through coordinated public-private funding.
Key Points
- •Launched January 18, 2017 at World Economic Forum with $460M initial funding from Germany, Japan, Norway, Gates Foundation, and Wellcome Trust
- •Mission: develop vaccines for known epidemic threats before outbreaks occur, acting as an 'insurance policy' against future pandemics
- •Initial targets: MERS-CoV, Lassa, and Nipah viruses, with two vaccine candidates per disease planned
- •Seeks to shorten vaccine development timelines using adaptable platform technologies for unknown future pathogens
- •Direct response to failures exposed by Ebola and Zika outbreaks, founded on recommendations from four independent expert reviews
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| Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations | Organization | 53.0 |
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CEPI officially launched
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Media release, Davos 18 Jan 2017 — Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
A global coalition to create new vaccines for emerging infectious diseases, designed to help give the world an insurance policy against epidemics, launches today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
With an initial investment of US$460m from the governments of Germany, Japan and Norway, plus the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, CEPI - the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations will seek to outsmart epidemics by developing safe and effective vaccines against known infectious disease threats that could be deployed rapidly to contain outbreaks, before they become global health emergencies.
CEPI also hopes to shorten the time it takes to develop new vaccines to protect against viruses that emerge suddenly as public health threats, as Zika did recently, by capitalising on exciting developments in adaptable vaccine technology and investing in facilities that could respond quickly to previously unknown pathogens.
Today's financial commitments mean that CEPI has raised almost half of the $1bn it needs for its first five years, and it is now calling for proposals from researchers and companies around the world to support the development of vaccines against its first target diseases.
CEPI will initially target the MERS-CoV, Lassa and Nipah viruses, which have known potential to cause serious epidemics. It aims to develop two promising vaccine candidates against each of these diseases before any epidemic, so these are available without delay if and when an outbreak begins. CEPI will also scope out potential support for vaccines against multiple strains of the Ebola and Marburg viruses, and Zika.
To achieve all these goals, CEPI will need significant additional investment, and the initial CEPI funders are calling today for other governments and philanthropic organisations to join them in helping to protect the world against future epidemics. CEPI is looking to complete its fundraising by the end of 2017.
Just over a year ago 193 states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals – the roadmap for the future we want. Epidemics threaten that future. They can ruin societies on a scale only matched by wars and natural disasters. They respect no borders and don't care if we are rich or poor. Protecting the vulnerable is protecting ourselves. This is why we all must work together to be better prepared – and why my Government is fully committed to ensure that CEPI achieves its mission.
Ebola and Zika showed that the world is tragically unprepared to detect local outbreaks and respond quickly enough to prevent them from becoming global pandemics. Without investments in research and development, we will remain unequipped when we face the next threat.
The ability to rapidly develop and deliver vacc
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